Liberating rites : understanding the transformative power of ritual /

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Main Author: Driver, Tom F. 1925-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, c1998.
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240 1 0 |a Magic of ritual 
245 1 0 |a Liberating rites :  |b understanding the transformative power of ritual /  |c Tom F. Driver. 
260 |a Boulder, Colo. :  |b Westview Press,  |c c1998. 
300 |a xviii, 270 p. ;  |c 24 cm. 
500 |a Originally published: The magic of ritual. [San Francisco] : HarperSanFrancisco, 1991. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [252]-257) and index. 
505 0 |a 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. 
650 0 |a Ritual. 
650 0 |a Rites and ceremonies. 
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