Ritual Risk and Emergent Efficacy: Ethnographic Studies in Christian Ritual
Ritual is a domain of analysis shared across Christian confessions and continents. Yet in anthropological work on Christianity, studies of ritual have thus far remained piecemeal and disjointed, unwittingly perpetuating distinctions between north and south, secular' and religious' public...
| Publié dans: | Journal of contemporary religion |
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Carfax Publ.
[2016]
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Journal of contemporary religion
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| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Rite
/ Christianisme
/ Dénomination (Religion)
/ Différence
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| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Rituel
B Risk B Christianity |
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Résumé: | Ritual is a domain of analysis shared across Christian confessions and continents. Yet in anthropological work on Christianity, studies of ritual have thus far remained piecemeal and disjointed, unwittingly perpetuating distinctions between north and south, secular' and religious' publics, Pentecostals and the rest'. This introductory essay charts the analytic potential of developing a robust cross-cultural analysis of ritual from the perspective of anthropologists of Christianity. We employ ritual risk and efficacy to expand the ongoing study of the practice of Christian sociality, which we explore through three themes. Firstly, this collection is united by a shared interest in ritual inefficacythe infelicitous' moments when ritual go awryand the societal and metaphysical risks that may result. Secondly, the collection examines the social work' of ritual in defining and authorizing particular forms of Christianity. Finally, the essays explore the ways Christian futures are imagined and created through ritual. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-9419 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal of contemporary religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13537903.2016.1206209 |