Pamela J. Stewart is Senior Research Associate in Anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh, USA.

Andrew J. Strathern is Andrew Mellon Professor of Anthropology at the University of Pittsburgh, USA.

Stewart and Strathern have a long history of joint publications and research, with nearly fifty book publications and over two hundred co-authored articles. They are the long-standing co-editors of the Journal of Ritual Studies, and co-editors of the book series Ritual Studies and the volume Ritual: Key Concepts in Religion (2014).

Provides synoptic and cutting-edge analyses of a broad range of topics and theories in Ritual Studies, taking account of the many disciplines that the field encompasses

Features a global ethnographic reach, using a broad array of international case studies to inform theory-based chapters

Engages with and respects the multi-disciplinary approach characteristic of Ritual Studies

1. Ritual Studies: Whence and Where to? (Andrew J. Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart).- 2. Ritual Dream Sharing and Charismatic Church Routinization (Roger Ivar Lohmann).- 3. Sacrifices in the Ancient World: Research on Complex Rituals (Günther Schörner).- 4. Economic Thought, Ritual and Religion (Thomas Widlok).- 5. Thanks For Your Visit, But You Can Go Now: Cortesia, hospitality and rites of distinction in Angola (Ruy Llera Blanes).- 6. Formulas of Home: On the religious performance of personal rituals (Nigel Rapport).- 7. Contesting Masculinity and Ritual Embodiment in Youth Baseball (John W. Traphagan).- 8. Ritual, Performance and Cognition (Andrew J. Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart).- 9. Grave-visiting rituals in Northwestern Europe (Anne Kjærsgaard and Eric Venbrux).- 10. The Device of the Spirit Medium for connecting Humans to the Supernatural: A Case Study of Shamanic Healing in the Qor¿in Region of Inner Mongolia, China (Saijirahu Buyanchugla).- 11. Empathy and Ritual Practices (Anne Sigfrid Grønseth).- 12. Ritual, Place, and Experience in Hindu Home-temple Visitation (Sanjoy Mazumdar and Shampa Mazumdar).- 13. Designing Enchanted Rituals for Modern Man (Anne-Christine Hornborg).- 14. Mo(nu)ments of Vulnerability: The Centrality of Ritual Creativity in Pilgrimages to Catholic Shrines in France and Portugal (Anna Fedele).- 15. Rituals Surrounding Sorcery and Witchcraft in Traditional Societies: Issues for Researchers (G.W. Trompf).- 16. On the Partiality of Pentecostal Ritual (Simon Coleman).- 17. Infrastructures of Interrituality and the Aesthetics of Saint Veneration Rituals among Orthodox Christians and Arab Alawites in Hatay (Jens Kreinath).- 18. Moka (ceremonial exchange) with Death (Pamela J. Stewart and Andrew J. Strathern).