Deeply into the Bone: Re-Inventing Rites of Passage by Ronald L. Grimes

Deeply into the Bone: Re-Inventing Rites of Passage



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Deeply into the Bone: Re-Inventing Rites of Passage Ronald L. Grimes
Language: English
Page: 393
Format: pdf
ISBN: 0520215338, 9780585391601
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With examples drawn from a wide variety of world cultures, Grimes (religion and culture, Wilfrid Laurier Univ., Ontario) provides a thoughtful, insightful examination of the significance of rites of passage. Specific rituals can make such life transitions as birth, coming of age, marriage, and death more meaningful and can unify a community or society through their continued practice. Grimes emphasizes that rites of passage do not merely involve change. They involve transformationDa process through which an individual's life is permanently and irrevocably altered in some manner. First-person accounts of life-passage transitions enrich Grimes's scholarly but accessible text. He has successfully created a deeply evocative portrait of life-passage rituals and their meaning in a variety of human contexts while demonstrating the need for such rituals in modern technological societies as well as in traditional cultures. This work will be a valuable addition to religion and anthropology collections in academic libraries.DElizabeth Salt, Otterbein Coll. Lib., Westerville, OH
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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"A thoughtful, insightful examination . . . a deeply evocative portrait of life-passage rituals and their meaning in a variety of human contexts." -- Library Journal

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