Liberating rites : understanding the transformative power of ritual / Tom F. Driver.
1998
203.8 D782l 1998
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Title
Liberating rites : understanding the transformative power of ritual / Tom F. Driver.
Uniform Title
Magic of ritual
ISBN
0813334551 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780813334554 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780813334554 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Imprint
Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, c1998.
Language
English
Description
xviii, 270 p. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
203.8 D782l 1998
System Control No.
(OCoLC)37902355
(OCoLC)37902355
(OCoLC)37902355
Note
Originally published: The magic of ritual. [San Francisco] : HarperSanFrancisco, 1991.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [252]-257) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
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.
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.
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