Exploring Ritual Fields Today

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Rituals although seemingly traditional and fixed a re v ery m uch contextual</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>and subject to change. Rituals do not exist and are not performed in a vacuum</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>and are not independent of time and place. They are deeply influenced by the</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>cultural social economic and political contexts in which they appear. Trends</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>in culture also lead to ritual trends. Therefore rituals are a dynamic field which</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>is reflected in this Special Issue of Religions regarding Exploring Ritual</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Fields Today.</span></p>