Ritual and vulnerability

Crises are viewed as direct challenges to one's communal patterns of living. The individual response to crisis(-es) is mediated by the "grand rituals of the culture." Ritual behaviors are adaptive behaviors. For the religious community, ritual becomes liturgy. Rite-as-liturgy is a pro...

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Main Author: Brock, Gary (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [1990]
In: Journal of religion and health
Year: 1990, Volume: 29, Issue: 4, Pages: 285-295
Further subjects:B Adaptive Behavior
B Religious Community
B Ritual Behavior
B Communal Pattern
B Individual Response
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Summary:Crises are viewed as direct challenges to one's communal patterns of living. The individual response to crisis(-es) is mediated by the "grand rituals of the culture." Ritual behaviors are adaptive behaviors. For the religious community, ritual becomes liturgy. Rite-as-liturgy is a profound statement about the meeting of the human and the divine. Ritual behaviors are understood as liturgical and/or sacramental responses to those crises that bring one to the brink of chaos.
ISSN:1573-6571
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/BF00992983