The indelible memories of my medical undergradu-ate days include one of a lecture
delivered by the late Karl Stern, then professor of psychiatry at McGill. His topic was the role …

Many rituals appear to be efficacious by definition: when a criminal is sentenced by a
qualified judge for example, or a president is publicly inaugurated, then the efficacy of the …

In his recent article 'Deviant Scripturalism and Ritual Satantic Abuse'(Religion 23: 3, 23: 4
(1993), pp. 229-241, 355-367). Stephen Kent argues that recent alle-gations concerning …

SHOULD we oppose Ritualism or let it alone? Is it our duty to sit still and allow Ritualists to
do what they please? Or is it our duty to resist the progress of Ritualism by every means in …

There are many ritual aspects to medical care. First of all, the nature of the usual diagnostic
process mirrors many classic healing and initiation rituals. From the patients' point of view …

The notion of an international Satanist conspiracy became prominent during the so-called
satanic ritual abuse (SRA) scare. 1 This scare—also referred to as the satanic panic2 …

Prior to the publication of my two articles in Religion about deviant scripturalism," no
academic model cxisted in either religious studies or sociology to lend credence to ritual …

The study of ritual and how it relates to beliefs and ideas is of central importance in our
understanding of the world. Rituals can become divorced from beliefs and religious …

One of the first concepts one thinks of when religion is mentioned is ritual. Religions not only
use ritual as part of their activity but they often spend a good deal of time and space talking …

Among the many possible approaches to the subject of human sacrifice, I propose to start
from a consideration of ritual itself. My conclusion will be that all ritual, understood as a …