The cultural morphospace of ritual form ☆: Examining modes of religiosity cross-culturally

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The evolution of religion and morality: a synthesis of ethnographic and experimental evidence from eight societies (2017, background): “…proximate mechanisms grounded in human psychology are currently under consideration in this burgeoning field, including but not limited to ritual (Atkinson & Whitehouse, 2011; Soler, 2012; Sosis, 2005; Sosis & Bressler, 2003; Sosis, Kress, & Boster, 2007; Sosis & Ruffle, 2003), behavioral and…”
When group membership gets personal: a theory of identity fusion. (2012, background): “Such “imagistic” rituals (Atkinson & Whitehouse, 2011; Whitehouse, 1995, 2000, 2004) are typically emotionally intense events that are experienced rarely (only once in a lifetime in some cases).”
Ritual increases children’s affiliation with in-group members☆ (2016, background): “…Gómez, Whitehouse, & Bastian, 2012; Vohs, Wang, Gino, & Norton, 2013; Whitehouse, McQuinn, Buhrmester, & Swann, 2014) and evolutionary anthropology (Atkinson & Whitehouse, 2011; Boyer & Liénard, 2006; Ruffle & Sosis, 2007) have opened up new avenues for research on ritual, a psychologically…”