Liberating Rites Understanding the Transformative Power of Ritual

Sommario

Part I: Ritual Pathways 1. Introduction 2. Ritualizing: The Animals Do It and So Do We 3. Modern Warfare: The Loss of Ritual Pathways 4. Priest and Shaman: Two Pathways of Religious Ritual Part II: Modalities of Performance 5. Ritual, Theater, and Sacrifice 6. Ritual's Two Siblings: Performance in the Confessional and the Ethical Modes Part III: Ritual's Social Gifts 7. Order 8. Community 9. Transformation Conclusion 10. Christian Sacraments as the Performance of Freedom

Riassunto

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. .

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Driver Tom F., Tom F. Driver
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 31.03.2020
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia
• EAN: 9780367160326
• ISBN: 978-0-367-16032-6
• Numero di pagine: 288
• Categorie: Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / General, Christian life & practice, Performance Theory, social transformation, Christian life and practice, RELIGION / Christian Living / General, Christian worship, rites & ceremonies, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals, Ritual Studies, religious symbolism, Community formation, ritual performance in liberation movements, confessional practices