Oszillieren zwischen Struktur und Communitas. Ein Modell ökumenischer Theorie und Praxis in Anschluss an Victor Turner
Thirty years ago, the first German translation of Victor Turner's »The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure« was published. Since then, it has had a wide influence, amongst others, in Practical Theology. But also for interpreting the current ecumenical situation, Turner's theory o...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | German |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2019]
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| In: |
Evangelische Theologie
Year: 2019, Volume: 79, Issue: 4, Pages: 291-299 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Turner, Victor 1920-1983
/ Rite of passage
/ Ecumene
/ Liminality
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDJ Ecumenism ZB Sociology |
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Volltext (Publisher) Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | Thirty years ago, the first German translation of Victor Turner's »The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure« was published. Since then, it has had a wide influence, amongst others, in Practical Theology. But also for interpreting the current ecumenical situation, Turner's theory of ritual has great potential. In this essay, this situation is interpreted with Turner's concept of liminality which oscillates between structure and anti-structure or communitas. From this point of view, there is no unfortunate gap between the ecumenism of doctrinal consensus and the ecumenism of experience. Rather, both are part of a necessary dialectical process oscillating between structure (denomination, doctrine, office) and communitas (experienced community of unity). Within this »phase change«, ecumenism remains both stable and innovative. |
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| ISSN: | 2198-0470 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Evangelische Theologie
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.14315/evth-2019-790408 |
