Over The Past Two Decades, Ritual Studies has emerged as a major player in modern religious discourse-due in large part to the canon of literature that Catherine Bell produced throughout her career. Bell's second book on ritual, already a classic in the field, Ritual: Perspectives and Dimensions, offers a practical introduction to ritual and its study. A significant contribution to our understanding of this ubiquitous human phenomenon, this book considerably advances Bell's earlier and influential Ritual Theory, Ritual Practice.