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All About Ritual (#191)

May 30, 2023

01:12:08

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

How to Set Your Minds at Ease

5min

The Cognitive Science of Religion and Ritual

2min

The Importance of Spiritual Practices

2min

The Role of Ritual in Orthodoxy

3min

The Importance of Ritual

2min

The Importance of the Eucharist

3min

How to Get More Tourists to Visit Your Tribe

2min

The Role of Ritual in Stress

4min

10.

The Importance of Community-Based Rituals

4min

11.

The Costs of Rituals in a Church Setting

2min

12.

How Rituals Reinforce Beliefs

2min

13.

The Role of Ritual in Intuition

2min

14.

The Role of Ritual in Character

3min

15.

How to Transform Social Groups With Rituals

2min

16.

The Limits of Religious Ritual

3min

17.

The Meaning of Rituals

3min

18.

The Importance of Identity Fusion

2min

19.

The Hierarchical Versus Organic Thing

2min

20.

The Importance of Emotion in a Church Service

2min

21.

The Power of Ritual Purity

4min

22.

The Importance of Ritual in Stress Management

2min

23.

How to Make Family Decisions

5min

24.

The Importance of Family Rituals

2min

Today we're talking all about ritual with psychologist Laird Edman, who researches the cognitive science of religion, critical thinking, and emotional intelligence at Northwestern College. “People have all kinds of physiological experiences when they engage in rituals,” he says. “It taps into our endorphins" and "helps calm and de-stress people." We cover imagistic versus doctrinal ritual, orthopraxy over orthodoxy, the meaning behind rituals, and more.

Laird’s Faculty Page:

https://www.nwciowa.edu/psychology/faculty/laird-edman#:~:text=Laird%20Edman%20Professor%20of%20Psychology%3B%20Department%20Chair&text=Laird%20Edman%20specializes%20in%20the,teaching%20and%20assessing%20critical%20thinking

Blueprint 1543 Episode with Laird:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/psych-for-theology-ministry-laird-edman/id1541066188?i=1000594724069

Dimitris Xygalatas NPR Piece on Ritual:

https://www.npr.org/2022/09/13/1122796534/rituals-are-important-to-human-life-even-when-they-seem-meaningless

Dimitris Xygalatas’s book on Ritual: https://www.amazon.com/Ritual-Seemingly-Senseless-Worth-Living/dp/0316462403

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Edited by Josh Gilbert (joshgilbertmedia@gmail.com -- he is accepting more work!)