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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| Tipo di documento: | Elettronico Libro |
| Lingua: | Inglese |
| Servizio "Subito": | Ordinare ora. |
| Verificare la disponibilità: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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London New York
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2018
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| In: | Anno: 2018 |
| (sequenze di) soggetti normati: | B
Rituale
/ Rito
/ Etnologia
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| Altre parole chiave: | B
Rites and ceremonies
B SOCIAL SCIENCE / Generale B Rituale B Sociology / SOCIAL SCIENCE / Generale |
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| Edizione parallela: | Non elettronico
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| Riepilogo: | 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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| Descrizione del documento: | Originally published: The magic of ritual. [San Francisco] : HarperSanFrancisco, 1991 Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-257) and index |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 270 Seiten) |
| ISBN: | 0429040318 |
