Voluntary Costly Signals in Religious Communities: A Political Interpretation
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Abstract The article advances a political interpretation of ritual behavior in religious communes, grounded costly signaling theory religion. Both asceticism, often involving self-inflicted pain or severe deprivation, and ecstatic behavior, incurring considerable energetic emotional expenditure, can perform the role voluntary signals ( VCS ) – uncoerced displays broadcasting features that predispose signaler to higher status position authority community. , as all signals, help group determine distribution relevant traits, but, contrast most applications theory, it is leadership qualifications, not commitment, these communicate. discussion ’ empowering mechanism illustrated with cross-cultural evidence, focusing on Russian Skoptsy American Shakers. Voluntary had demonstrably contributed creation stability groups’ power regimes.
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عنوان ژورنال: Method & Theory in The Study of Religion
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['0943-3058', '1570-0682']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/15700682-bja10105