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Liberating rites : understanding the transformative power of ritual / Tom F. Driver.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Spanish Publication details: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1998.Description: xviii, 270 sISBN:
  • 0813334551 (pbk)
  • 9780813334554 (pbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 291.38
LOC classification:
  • BL 600  D782l 1998
Contents:
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.
Summary: An examination of how people use ritual to give order to their lives, to provide a sense of security and control. The author discusses how ritual creativity and performance are central to the enactment of religious beliefs and how rituals serve to transform individuals into members of communities.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) BL 600 D782l 1998 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000068654
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Litteraturliste s. 252-257.

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.

An examination of how people use ritual to give order to their lives, to provide a sense of security and control. The author discusses how ritual creativity and performance are central to the enactment of religious beliefs and how rituals serve to transform individuals into members of communities.

Oprindelig udk. med titel: The magic of ritual. - HarperSanFrancisco, 1991.

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