Liberating rites: understanding the transformative power of ritual
pt. 1. Ritual pathways. Ritualizing: the animals do it and so do we. Modern warfare: the loss of ritual pathways. Priest and shaman: two pathways of religions ritual. -- pt. 2. Modalities of performance. Ritual, theater, and sacrifice. Ritual's two siblings: performance in the confessional and...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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London New York
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2018
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| In: | Year: 2018 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ritual
/ Ritual
/ Ethnology
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| Further subjects: | B
Rites and ceremonies
B SOCIAL SCIENCE / Generals B Sociology / SOCIAL SCIENCE / Generals B Ritual |
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| Summary: | pt. 1. Ritual pathways. Ritualizing: the animals do it and so do we. Modern warfare: the loss of ritual pathways. Priest and shaman: two pathways of religions ritual. -- pt. 2. Modalities of performance. Ritual, theater, and sacrifice. Ritual's two siblings: performance in the confessional and the ethical modes -- pt. 3. Ritual's social gifts. Order. Community. Transformation. -- Conclusion. Christian sacraments as the performance of freedom. A communion sermon. Some points in criticism of Victor Turner. This book shows how necessary ritual is to human freedom and to social processes of liberation. It aims to reflect upon the deep human longing for ritual and to interpret it in the light of our physical, social, political, sexual, moral, aesthetic, and religious existence |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: The magic of ritual. [San Francisco] : HarperSanFrancisco, 1991 Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-257) and index |
| ISBN: | 0429040318 |