The Oxford handbook of early Christian ritual
Risto Uro (Editor), Juliette Day (Editor), Richard E. DeMaris (Editor), Rikard Roitto (Editor)
"Scholars of religion have long assumed that ritual and belief constitute the fundamental building blocks of religious traditions and that these two components of religion are interrelated and interdependent in significant ways. Generations of New Testament and Early Christian scholars have produced detailed analyses of the belief systems of nascent Christian communities, including their ideological and political dimensions, but have by and large ignored ritual as an important element of early Christian religion and as a factor contributing to the rise and the organization of the movement. In recent years, however, scholars of early Christianity have begun to use ritual as an analytical tool for describing and explaining Christian origins and the early history of the movement. Such a development has created a momentum toward producing a more comprehensive volume on the ritual world of Early Christianity employing advances made in the field of ritual studies. The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Ritual gives a manifold account of the ritual world of early Christianity from the beginning of the movement up to the end of the fifth century. The volume introduces relevant theories and approaches; central topics of ritual life in the cultural world of early Christianity; and important Christian ritual themes and practices in emerging Christian groups and factions."-- Publisher's website
Print Book, English, 2019
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Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2019
History
xxxii, 713 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
9780198747871, 019874787X
1081186286
List of Figures and TablesAbbreciationsNotes on ContributorsPART 1 RITUAL THEORY1: Risto Uro: Introduction: Ritual in the Study of Early Christianity2: Barry Stephenson: Ritualization and Ritual Invention3: Barry Stephenson: Ritual as Action, Performance, and Practice4: Douglas J. Davies: Ritual, Identity, and Emotion5: Eva Kundtová Klocová and Armin W. Geertz: Ritual and Embodied Cognition6: Joseph Bulbulia: Ritual and Cooperation7: István Czachesz: Ritual and TransmissionPART II RITUAL IN THE ANCIENT MEDITERRANEAN WORLD8: Rubina Raja: Ancient Sanctuaries9: John S. Kloppenborg: Associations, Guilds, Clubs10: Fanny Dolansky: Household and Family11: István Czachesz: Magic12: Richard S. Ascough: Communal Meals13: Thomas Kazen: Purification14: David E. Aune: Prayer15: Jade B. Weimer: Music16: Daniel Ullucci: Sacrifice and Votives17: Laura Feldt: Pilgrimage and Festivals18: Martti Nissinen: Divination19: Luter H. Martin: Initiation20: Anne Katrine de Hemmer Gudme: Mortuary Rituals21: Anders Klostergaard Petersen: Ritual and TextsPART III RITUAL IN NASCENT CHRISTIANITY22: Richard E. DeMaris: Water Ritual23: Vojtech Kase: Meal Practices24: Rikard Roitto: Rituals of Reintegration25: Gerd Theissen: Ritual and Healing26: Christian A. Eberhart: Sacrificial Practice and Language27: Colleen Shantz: Ritual and Religious Experience28: Susan E. Hylen: Ritual and Emerging Church Hierarchy29: Pheme Perkins: Ritual and OrthodoxyPART IV RITUAL IN THE ANCIENT CHURCH30: Paul F. Bradshaw: Christian Initiation31: Lizette Larson-Miller: Eucharistic Practices32: Juliette J. Day: Ritualizing Time33: L. Edwards Phillips: Early Christian Prayer34: Robin M. Jensen: Ritual and Early Christian Art35: Angela Kim harkins and Brian P. Dunkle, SJ: Hymns and Psalmody36: David G. Hunter: Wedding Rituals and Episcopal Power37: Juliette J. Day: Women's Rituals and Women's Ritualizing38: Richard Finn, OP: Fasting as an Ascetic Ritual39: David L. Eastman: The Cult of Saints40: Jacob A. latham: Ritual and the Christianization of Urban SpaceIndex