Liberating Rites: Understanding the Transformative Power of Ritual

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- part I: Ritual Pathways -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Ritualizing: The Animals Do It and So Do We -- 3. Modern Warfare: The Loss of Ritual Pathways -- 4. Priest and Shaman: Two Pathways of Religious Ritua...

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Auteur principal: Driver, Tom F (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Milton Routledge 2006
Dans:Année: 2006
Sujets non-standardisés:B Electronic books
Accès en ligne: Volltext (Aggregator)
Édition parallèle:Erscheint auch als: 9780367010454
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Résumé:Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- part I: Ritual Pathways -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Ritualizing: The Animals Do It and So Do We -- 3. Modern Warfare: The Loss of Ritual Pathways -- 4. Priest and Shaman: Two Pathways of Religious Ritual -- part II: Modalities of Performance -- 5. Ritual, Theater, and Sacrifice -- 6. Ritual's Two Siblings: Performance in the Confessional and the Ethical Modes -- part III: Ritual's Social Gifts -- 7. Order -- 8. Community -- 9. Transformation -- CONCLUSION -- 10. Christian Sacraments as the Performance of Freedom -- APPENDIXES -- Appendix A. A Communion Sermon -- Appendix B. Some Points in Criticism of Victor Turner -- Notes -- References -- Index.
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ISBN:0429691084