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Globalization and high-speed communication put twenty-first century people in contact with adherents to a wide variety of world religions, but usually, valuable knowledge of these other traditions is limited at best. On the one hand, religious stereotypes abound, hampering a serious exploration of unfamiliar philosophies and practices. On the other hand, the popular idea that all religions lead...

false. For example, the Plymouth Brethren strongly reject rituals like those of the Catholic Mass or High Anglican Services on theological grounds. Yet, in fact, their own Services have many rituals, even though the participants usually fail to recognize them as rituals. The very order and arrangement of the Brethren Service actually make it a ritual action. Consequently, rituals need to be understood in terms of the convictions of the worshipers and the relationship between them and the divine,
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