Ritual Studies Archives

A Pilgrimage to the Earth

The earth itself, the Alaskan earth—St Herman’s earth—was my relic, my pilgrimage souvenir. A sign of hope amidst corruption.

On Human Formation and Body Language in Liturgy

August 29, 2021 Sr. Jeana Visel, OSB Liturgical Catechesis Liturgical Theology Ritual Studies

The liturgy is replete with signs, symbols, and gestures meant to indicate particular things. However, at a fundamental human level, body language also speaks.

Another Disaster, Another Ritual

June 10, 2021 Lizette Larson Ritual Studies

Is religion in the public square the work of religions other than Christianity?

When Do We Worship?

January 28, 2021 Sr. Jeana Visel, OSB Liturgical Spirituality Ritual Studies Sacramental Theology Viewpoint

If we sometimes wonder why people find mass boring, perhaps the answer has something to do with how well our liturgical space and action evoke a natural sense of worship and true adoration of God.

An ‘Abundance of Rituals’: selling spirituality in a systemic vacuum

October 10, 2020 Lizette Larson Devotions and Sacramentals Inculturation Ritual Studies

A few weeks ago, Timothy Brunk contributed a blog to this site titled Corporation Rituals (28 September 2020). It caught my eye because it captures

Corporation Rituals

September 28, 2020 Timothy Brunk Do It Rite Ritual Studies

On 28 August, the New York Times ran a story with the headline “God Is Dead. So Is the Office. These People Want to Save Both.”

The Liturgies Marking the Passing of a Loved One

September 20, 2020 Teva Regule Eastern Liturgy Funerals/Burial Inculturation Music: General Ritual Studies Uncategorized

9/16/2019 – One Year Later It was one year ago this evening that I received an unexpected call from Life Alert saying that my mother

Wait, can I do that?

September 11, 2020 Lizette Larson Ritual Studies

In a time of pandemic, how do our own ritual practices around the liturgy change? What retains the same meaning with different attire, and what is added or lost?