TY - GEN AU - Hoondert,Martin AU - Post,Paul AU - Hoondert,Martin AU - Post,Paul TI - Exploring Ritual Fields Today SN - books978-3-0365-1311-9 PY - 2021/// CY - Basel, Switzerland PB - MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute KW - Humanities KW - bicssc KW - Social interaction KW - form-of-life KW - monastic spirituality KW - ritual practice KW - ritual transfer KW - satī KW - widow-burning KW - India KW - ritual criticism KW - chronotopicity KW - adaptive reuse KW - church architecture KW - ritual KW - liturgy KW - funeral KW - ritual dynamics KW - space KW - boundaries KW - cemetery KW - religious groups KW - minority groups KW - arena KW - pluralization KW - cocreation KW - ritualizing KW - childbirth KW - pregnancy KW - spirituality KW - meaning making KW - embodiment KW - deconsecration KW - desecration KW - consecration KW - profanation KW - church buildings KW - sacred space KW - church reuse KW - altar KW - Roman Catholic Church KW - canon law KW - rituals KW - hospice KW - cultural analysis KW - good death KW - pilgrimage KW - institutional religion KW - routes KW - sacred places KW - landscape KW - agency KW - power KW - entrepreneurs KW - Europe KW - n/a N1 - Open Access N2 - Rituals, although seemingly traditional and fixed, a re v ery m uch contextualand subject to change. Rituals do not exist and are not performed in a vacuum,and are not independent of time and place. They are deeply influenced by thecultural, social, economic, and political contexts in which they appear. Trendsin culture also lead to ritual trends. Therefore, rituals are a dynamic field, whichis reflected in this Special Issue of Religions regarding "Exploring RitualFields Today" UR - https://mdpi.com/books/pdfview/book/4367 UR - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/76897 ER -