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Ritual Boundaries is part of the Christianity in Late Antiquity Series. By Joseph E. Sanzo, author of Ritual Boundaries: Magic and Differentiation in Late Antique Christianity What do you do when you get sick? What do you do when you are afraid? The COVID-19 pandemic required man...

By Laurel Kendall, author of Mediums and Magical Things: Statues, Paintings, and Masks in Asian Places The paintings of bold-faced gods in the Korean shaman’s shrine had fallen to the floor and stuck together.  “They had been fighting,” the shaman said. They had caused her a season of ...

By Rebecca Stephens Falcasantos, author of Constantinople: Ritual, Violence, and Memory in the Making of a Christian Imperial Capital Ritualized occasions—holy days and holidays, funerals and weddings, graduations and retirements, conferences, protests, and elections—are crucial for co...