Deeply Into the Bone - Re-Inventing Rites of Passage

Informationen zum Autor Ronald L. Grimes is Professor of Religion and Culture at Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario, Canada. He is the author of Marrying and Burying: Rites of Passage in a Man's Life (1995) and editor of Readings in Ritual Studies (1996), among other works. Klappentext "There is no other book even remotely like this. Deeply into the Bone is an exceptional, imaginative book on the topic of rites and the shaping of human life. Grimes is one of the few people who ably combines scholarly disciplines and perspectives with firsthand narratives, literary essays, films and observations of general culture. He is unquestionably a first-rate author and thinker, and this is an unquestionably magnificent book."—Lawrence Hoffman, author of Covenant of Blood " Deeply into the Bone is guaranteed to change our minds about ritual. Using a global and ethnic array of rites new and old, Grimes shows that contrary to popular belief, the ritual marking of life passages is anything but universal. By teaching us how to think comparatively we see that rites of passage are enduring rituals not for their uniformity, but because they serve as cornerstones for cultural and spiritual creativity and innovation."—Madeline Duntley, College of Wooster Zusammenfassung Illustrates the power of rites to help us navigate life's troublesome transitions. This book covers the significant life events of birth, initiation, marriage, and death. It explores innovative rites for important events such as beginning school, same-sex commitment ceremonies, abortion, serious illness, divorce, and retirement. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures Acknowledgments Introduction: Rough Passages! Reinvented Rites 1. Celebrating New Life! Ritually Nurturing the Young 2. Coming of Age! Joining Up 3. Divining Mates! Making Kin 4. Living with the Dead! Exiting Gracefully 5. Passages! Troubled and Uncharted Conclusion: Beyond Passage Notes Sources Cited Index ...

Product details

• Authors: Ronald L. Grimes, Grimes Ronald L.
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2002
• EAN: 9780520236752
• ISBN: 978-0-520-23675-2
• No. of pages: 393
• Series: Life Passages S.; Life Passages; Life Passages; Life Passages (CAUP)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Sociology, comparative religion, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions, Archaeology, Social and cultural anthropology, Cultural studies: customs and traditions