One of the school's other rituals involves all the eighth graders, the school's «senior» class. (educationworld.com)
This convergence to similar behaviors may help explain why humans turn to religion and other rituals after a major catastrophe. (scientificamerican.com)
Only they hold to the doctrine that there is a Creator (and Governor of the universe); that each individual owes a personal accounting at the time of Judgment to this Creator, a Judgment that is prior to all claims of civil society or state; and that this inalienable relation between each individual and his Creator occurs in the depths of conscience and reason, and is not reached merely by external bows, bended knees, pilgrimages, or other ritual observances. (firstthings.com)