Everyday ritual etiquette encodes group orientation more than ritual content does.
Evidence
The meaning of those rituals is contained in that semi-caring, distracted, slightly acquisitive, playful, sometimes bored, humorous tone. … That is, the practice of the rituals tells us something beyond their specific verbal content. — Nina Eliasoph, Avoiding politics, 835
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Similar groups need sharper ritual distinctions than very different ones; Collective ways of life depend on embodied practice, not just recognition of group identity. — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular:…, 868; Public prayer rituals primarily reinforce group identity rather than mere belief. (+4 more)
Broader Connections
- Group solidarity can form through shared bodily practice, not shared ideas
#corroborates(0.84) — Nina Eliasoph, Avoiding politics, 686 - Collective ways of life depend on embodied practice, not just recognition of group identity.
#corroborates(0.82) — Talal Asad, Formations of the Secular, 868 - Piety is produced through outward ritual performance rather than symbolizing inner belief
#corroborates(0.82) — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 488 - Similar groups need sharper ritual distinctions than very different ones
#expands(0.80) - Public prayer rituals primarily reinforce group identity rather than mere belief.
#corroborates(0.78) - Religious rituals maintain identity and build lasting community support networks
#corroborates(0.75) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 892 - Group cohesion can form through shared ironic distance from rituals, not shared beliefs.
#qualifies(0.75) — Nina Eliasoph, Avoiding politics, 830