According to the section, “Sacred Legitimacy” from the attached book (page 66-67), please elaborate on the ways that religious rituals can have important political functions. Be sure to identify why people turn to or use religion for political ends. You can draw on the differing ethnographic cases from the text.
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From the section, “Symbolism and Ritual in Secular Politics,” (page 68-69) of attached book. please provide your own understanding of how and why government, party, and state become symbolic constructions and not the concrete entities that most people suppose. Pay attention to the term “symbolic” here. Use some examples from the textbook, however, there are also ample examples from contemporary social life that you can use.
