Deeply into the bone : re-inventing rites of passage /

Over the past two decades, North Americans have become increasingly interested in understanding and reclaiming the rites that mark significant life passages. In the absence of meaningful rites of passage, we speed through the dangerous intersections of life and often come to regret missing an opport...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Grimes, Ronald L., 1943-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2000.
Series:Life passages.
Subjects:
Rites and ceremonies.
Life change events > Religious aspects.
Rites et cérémonies.
Événements stressants de la vie > Aspect religieux.
rites.
ceremonies.
RELIGION > Christian Rituals & Practice > General.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • List of Figures; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION Rough Passages, Reinvented Rites; CHAPTER 1 Celebrating New Life, Ritually Nurturing the Young; CHAPTER 2 Coming of Age, Joining Up; CHAPTER 3 Divining Mates, Making Kin; CHAPTER 4 Living with the Dead, Exiting Gracefully; CHAPTER 5 Passages, Troubled and Uncharted; CONCLUSION Beyond Passage; Notes; Sources Cited; Index.

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