Contributions

  • Bradshaw, Paul F. - Contributor
  • Hoffman, Lawrence A., 1942- - Contributor

Publication

1996 - University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame, Indiana

Language

English

Word Count

75,750 words, Guess

Page Count

303 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL786554M
  • ISBN-100268013071
  • OCLC Control Number32545562
  • Library of Congress Control Number95018807
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  • LibraryThing4231963

Classifications

  • DDC265
  • LCCBV199.O3 L54 1996

Description

More than a series of rites of passage through the landmarks of growing up and growing old, Jewish and Christian life-cycle rituals give the members of each religious tradition theological and ritualized definitions of what a life should be. In this volume, the fourth in the acclaimed series "Two Liturgical Traditions," eight scholars explore the models of human life implicit in Judaism and Christianity by unraveling and exploring the evolution and current condition of their life-cycle liturgies. The essays presented here emphasize the wholeness of a life as illustrated by the religious metaphors inherent in life-cycle rites. The contributors examine the history and shape of each life-cycle rite - including the rituals and practices associated with birth, adolescence, marriage, sickness, and death - and analyze the theological message that each rite represents.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Two liturgical traditions ;

Other Editions

  • Life cycles in Jewish and Christian worshipUniversity of Notre Dame Press1996-01-01

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