Reformation of Ritual - An Interpretation of Early Modern Germany

Zusatztext 'The title of this excellent book suggests the scope of it's author's ambitition... That Susan Karant-Nunn has succeeded so well is a tribute to her scholarship and erudition.' - German History Informationen zum Autor Susan Karant-Nunn Klappentext First published in 2007. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung Susan Karant-Nunn applies the insights of anthrop- ologists to ritual change in the German Reformat- ion, finding that Church and state cooperated in using ritual as an instrument for imposing social discipline. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Engagement and marriage ceremonies: taming the beast within 2. To beat the Devil: baptism and the conquest of sin 3. Churching, a woman's rite 4. Repentance, confession, and the Lord's Table: separating the divine from the human 5. Banning the dead and ordering the living: the selective retention of catholic practice 6. Ritual change: conclusions

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• Authors: KARANT NUNN SUSAN, Sus Karant-Nunn, Susan Karant-Nunn, Susan C. Karant-Nunn, Karant-Nunn Sus
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.04.2007
• EAN: 9780415443937
• ISBN: 978-0-415-44393-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Christianity and Society in th; Christianity and Society in the Modern World
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > History