Susan Karant-Nunn

The Reformation of Ritual (eBook, ePUB)

An Interpretation of Early Modern Germany

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Susan Karant-Nunn applies the insights of anthrop- ologists to ritual change in the German Reformat- ion, finding that Church and state cooperated in using ritual as an instrument for imposing social discipline.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. August 2005
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134829187
• Artikelnr.: 42726736

Autorenporträt

Susan Karant-Nunn

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Engagement and marriage ceremonies: taming the beast within
2. To beat the Devil: baptism and the conquest of sin 3. Churching, a
woman's rite 4. Repentance, confession, and the Lord's Table: separating
the divine from the human 5. Banning the dead and ordering the living: the
selective retention of catholic practice 6. Ritual change: conclusions