Sociology of Ritual Significance and Culture Write a 5-page double-spaced essay describing and analyzing the significance and meaning of ritual in your own life.
You are required to address three types of rituals: personal, cultural and social. You will be expected to use sociological and anthropological concepts of culture to adequately assess the role of ritual in your everyday lives. ASA CITATION. Social anthropologists study religion as an important part of the beliefs and ideas people have about themselves, each other and the world they live in. Linked to religious ideas and practices are a variety of rituals.