sentences:  In this way, even the most formal of rituals are potential avenues for creative expression.In his historical analysis of articles on ritual and rite in the "Encyclopædia Britannica", Talal Asad notes that from 1771 to 1852, the brief articles on ritual define it as a "book directing the order and manner to be observed in performing divine service" (i.e., as a script).There are no articles on the subject thereafter until 1910, when a new, lengthy article appeared that redefines ritual as "...a type of routine behaviour that symbolizes or expresses something".