Ronald L. Grimes held the Chair of Ritual Studies at Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands from 2005 to 2010, and he is co-editor of The Oxford Ritual Studies Series. He is the author of several books on ritual, most recently Rite Out of Place: Ritual, Media, and the Arts.

Ute Hüsken is Professor of Sanskrit at the University of Oslo and co-editor of The Oxford Ritual Studies Series. She is the author of Vishnu's Children: Prenatal Lifecycle Rituals in South India.

Udo Simon is a researcher in the Cluster of Excellence, Asia and Europe in a Global Context, at Heidelberg University. He teaches in the Department of Languages and Cultures of the Near East, his chief fields of expertise being Arabic studies, Islam, the sociology of religion, ritual studies, and migration studies. His research focuses on the ritual practices of Muslims living in Europe.

Eric Venbrux is Professor of Anthropology at Radboud University Nijmegen and co-editor of The Oxford Ritual Studies Series. He is the author of A Death in the Tiwi Islands: Conflict, Ritual and Social Life in an Australian Aboriginal Community.

For more information on the Oxford Ritual Studies Series, visit http://ritualstudies.com.

Marga Altena, The Free University of Amsterdam and Radboud University
Werner Binder, University of Konstanz
Tom F. Driver, Union Theological Seminary
Fletcher DuBois, National-Louis University
Ronald L. Grimes, Radboud University Nijmegen and Wilfrid Laurier University
Simone Heidbrink, University of Heidelberg
Anna-Karina Hermkens, Radboud University Nijmegen
Ignace de Haes, Radboud University Nijmegen
Michael Houseman, Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes
Ute Hüsken, University of Oslo
Robert Langer, University of Heidelberg
Erik de Maaker, Leiden University
Nadja Miczek, University of Heidelberg
Catrien Notermans, Radboud University Nijmegen
Karin Polit, University of Heidelberg
Thomas Quartier, Radboud University Nijmegen
Kerstin Radde-Antweiler, University of Bremen
Marianne Riphagen, Radboud University Nijmegen
Udo Simon, University of Heidelberg
Jan A.M. Snoek, University of Heidelberg
Barry Stephenson, Independent scholar
Eric Venbrux, Radboud University Nijmegen
Paul J.C.L. van der Velde, Radboud University Nijmegen
Thomas Widlok, Radboud University Nijmegen
Gerard Wiegers, University of Amsterdam

"Scholars of religion will be well served by this thought-provoking volume, no matter how much experience they have with these issues. The wide ranging and engaging case studies provide ample insights into what will likely be the next chapter in religious practice. Readers will come away with curiosity piqued, ready to reflect more on the interplay of ritual, media, and conflict." --Journal of the American Academy of Religion

"A great deal of credit must be given, then, to the contributors to Ritual, Media, and Conflict, an interdisciplinary investigation of what may be three of most ubiquitous aspects of human life...Scholars of religion will be well served by this thought-provoking volume, no matter how much experience they have with these issues. The wide ranging and engaging case studies provide ample insights into what will likely be the next chapter in religious practice. Readers will come away with curiosity piqued, ready to reflect more on the interplay of ritual, media, and conflict."--Journal of the American Academy of Religion