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The Jewish Life Cycle

Author : Ivan G. Marcus
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295803924
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (958 download)

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Download or read book The Jewish Life Cycle written by Ivan G. Marcus and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this original and sweeping review of Jewish culture and history, Ivan Marcus examines how and why various rites and customs celebrating stages in the life cycle have evolved through the ages and persisted to this day. For each phase of life--from childhood and adolescence to adulthood and the advanced years—the book traces the origin and development of specific rites associated with the events of birth, circumcision, and schooling; bar and bat mitzvah and confirmation; engagement, betrothal, and marriage; and aging, dying, and remembering. Customs in Jewish tradition, such as the presence of godparents at a circumcision, the use of a four-poled canopy at a wedding, and the placing of small stones on tombstones, are discussed. In each chapter, detailed descriptions walk the reader through such ceremonies as early modern and contemporary circumcision, weddings, and funerals. In a comparative framework, Marcus illustrates how Jewish culture has negotiated with the majority cultures of the ancient Near East, Greco-Roman antiquity, medieval European Christianity, and Mediterranean Islam, as well as with modern secular and religious movements and social trends, to renew itself through ritual innovation. In his extensive research on the Jewish life cycle, Marcus draws from documents on various customs and ritual practices, offering reassessments of original sources and scholarly literature. Marcus’s survey is the first comprehensive study of the rites of the Jewish life cycle since Hayyim Schauss's The Lifetime of the Jew was published in 1950, written for Jewish readers. Marcus’s book addresses a broader audience and is designed to appeal to scholars and interested readers.

Birth, Marriage, and Death : Ritual, Religion, and the Life-Cycle in Tudor and Stuart England

Author : David Cressy
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191570761
Total Pages : 662 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Birth, Marriage, and Death : Ritual, Religion, and the Life-Cycle in Tudor and Stuart England written by David Cressy and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 1997-05-29 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From childbirth and baptism through to courtship, weddings, and funerals, every stage in the life-cycle of Tudor and Stuart England was accompanied by ritual. Even under the protestantism of the reformed Church, the spiritual and social dramas of birth, marriage, and death were graced with elaborate ceremony. Powerful and controversial protocols were in operation, shaped and altered by the influences of the Reformation, the Revolution, and the Restoration. Each of the major rituals was potentially an arena for argument, ambiguity, and dissent. Ideally, as classic rites of passage, these ceremonies worked to bring people together. But they also set up traps into which people could stumble, and tests which not everybody could pass. In practice, ritual performance revealed frictions and fractures that everyday local discourse attempted to hide or to heal. Using fascinating first-hand evidence, David Cressy shows how the making and remaking of ritual formed part of a continuing debate, sometimes strained and occasionally acrimonious, which exposed the raw nerves of society in the midst of great historical events. In doing so, he vividly brings to life the common experiences of living and dying in Tudor and Stuart England.

The Cambridge Companion to American Judaism

Author : Dana Evan Kaplan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139827006
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (398 download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to American Judaism written by Dana Evan Kaplan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2005-08-08 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides readers with a comprehensive introduction to the most important and interesting historical and contemporary facets of Judaism in America. Written by twenty-four leading scholars from the fields of religious studies, American history and literature, philosophy, art history, sociology, and musicology, the book adopts an inclusive perspective on Jewish religious experience. Three initial chapters cover the development of Judaism in America from 1654, when Sephardic Jews first landed in New Amsterdam, until today. Subsequent chapters include cutting-edge scholarship and original ideas while remaining accessible at an introductory level. A secondary goal of this volume is to help its readers better understand the more abstract term of 'religion' in a Jewish context. The Cambridge Companion to American Judaism will be of interest not only to scholars but also to all readers interested in social and intellectual trends in the modern world.

Life Cycle Rituals

Author : Alateme J Sonari
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781707067459
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (674 download)

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Download or read book Life Cycle Rituals written by Alateme J Sonari and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-11 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A ritual is an act performed for a a benefit. The benefit could be to motivate a new life, to honor the sacred, to connect with the sacred or to transform consciousness. The book contains the necessary life cycle ceremonies for the benefit of your clients. Perform birth ceremonies, birthday ceremonies, coming of age ceremonies, employment ceremonies, custodian of wealth ceremonies, healing ceremonies, engagement ceremonies, marriage ceremonies, and many more ceremonies. It is your guide for all the necessary life cycle ceremonies in a typical life cycle. The book also contains the Marriage Questionnaire, to help prospective couples to determine their compatibility; the Jewels of Life to help families to live well in this world; and the Responsible Family to help families to make responsible choices.

The Rites of Passage

Author : Arnold van Gennep
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136538852
Total Pages : 211 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)

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Download or read book The Rites of Passage written by Arnold van Gennep and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Van Gennep was the first observer of human behaviour to note that the ritual ceremonies that accompany the landmarks of human life differ only in detail from one culture to another, and that they are in essence universal. Originally published in English in 1960. This edition reprints the paperback edition of 1977.

Rites of Passage

Author : Ronald H. Isaacs
Publisher : KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780881254228
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (542 download)

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Download or read book Rites of Passage written by Ronald H. Isaacs and published by KTAV Publishing House, Inc.. This book was released on 1992 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers the more traditional life cycle ceremonies, such as Brit milah, Pidyon haben, and Bar and bat mitzvah. also introduces some new life cycle rituals and ceremonies, such as a Simchat bat and a Jewish adoption ceremony

Global Perspectives on Teaching and Learning Paths in Islamic Education

Author : Huda, Miftachul
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1522585303
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (225 download)

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Book Synopsis Global Perspectives on Teaching and Learning Paths in Islamic Education by : Huda, Miftachul

Download or read book Global Perspectives on Teaching and Learning Paths in Islamic Education written by Huda, Miftachul and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2019-07-26 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The process of curriculum enhancement through various educational approaches aims to enhance quality assurance in the educational process itself. In Islamic education, traditional educational trends are enhanced by expanding the embodiment process on experiential learning to evaluate the achievement in creating outcomes that balance not only spirituality and morality but also quality of cognitive analytical performances. Global Perspectives on Teaching and Learning Paths in Islamic Education is a comprehensive scholarly book that provides broad coverage on integrating emerging trends and technologies for developing learning paths within Islamic education. Highlighting a wide range of topics such as digital ethics, psychology, and vocational education, this book is ideal for instructors, administrators, principals, curriculum designers, professionals, researchers, academicians, and students.

Living Jewish Life Cycle

Author : Goldie Milgram
Publisher : Jewish Lights Publishing
ISBN 13 : 158023335X
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Living Jewish Life Cycle written by Goldie Milgram and published by Jewish Lights Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The spiritual tools you can use to infuse Jewish life cycle ceremonies with meaning, integrity and joy.

Rituals for Our Times

Author : Evan Imber-Black
Publisher : Jason Aronson
ISBN 13 : 0765701561
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (657 download)

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Download or read book Rituals for Our Times written by Evan Imber-Black and published by Jason Aronson. This book was released on 1998-02 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A timely, groundbreaking guide to enhancing the rituals in our lives, which helps people to enrich their relationships and reestablish their family ties. The coauthors of Rituals in Families and Family Therapy show how to create meaningful rituals adapted to individual lives and family structures, for new meaning in old and new traditions and celebrating life's milestones.

The Visual Arts of Africa

Author : Judith Perani
Publisher : Pearson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Visual Arts of Africa written by Judith Perani and published by Pearson. This book was released on 1998 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Special features of this book: follows a geographical organization across the continent; each chapter is reader friendly with clear, accessible sub-headings; represents important religious and utilitarian art traditions from the Sahara desert, West Africa, Central Africa, Northeast Africa, Eastern Africa, and Southern Africa; gives special attention to the themes of gender, power, and life cycle rituals, which frequently intersect with one another to form an understanding of the arts of Africa; includes figurative sculpture, masquerades, architecture, textiles, dress, ceramics, wall painting, and leatherwork traditions; includes selected examples of the earliest known documented art works as well as contemporary art of each geographical region; includes an up-to-date bibliography, incorporating recent published field research for each chapter; and features 369 black and white illustrations, 16 colored plates, maps, and a time line.

The Deceased's Life Cycle Rituals in Nepal

Author : Terje Oestigaard
Publisher : BAR International Series
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Deceased's Life Cycle Rituals in Nepal written by Terje Oestigaard and published by BAR International Series. This book was released on 2000 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study forms `an ethnoarchaeological analysis of the life cycle rituals from the funeral practice and its manifestation in the mortuary remains of Brahmans and Magars in Central Dhaulagiri zone of Nepal'. It is largely based on first-hand experience of funerals and explores the religious and cosmological ideas surrounding death and the afterlife, what death represents for the living and the rites and rituals performed to the deceased. In the final chapter, Oestigaard considers how this evidence can help us interpret the burials of the past and re-appraise our Christianised views of death.

Ritual and Ontogeny

Author : Gregory Forth
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781531027292
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Ritual and Ontogeny written by Gregory Forth and published by . This book was released on 2024 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Like many people, the Nagé of Flores Island recognize "humans,"' "animals," and "spirits" as distinct kinds of being. The book explores how, in performing and interpreting life-cycle rituals, Nagé use these three categories in conceptualizing different stages in a person's coming into being--beginning with fetal existence through entry into adulthood, marriage, and extending to death and beyond. Special attention is given to two unusual, now defunct, and previously non-obligatory ceremonies and how they relate to other life-cycle rites and enduring features of Nagé society, including marriage alliance and treatment of the dead. All these rituals reveal that, for Nagé, an unborn child exists in a largely animal state, becoming fully human only after birth. Funeral rites, by contrast, turn on a belief that the deceased becomes a malevolent spirit before transforming into a disembodied soul. Nevertheless, before this transformation is complete, Nagé also conceive of a person as participating in an animal-like condition. Based on 34 years of anthropological fieldwork (1984-2018), this book is the first general account of Nagé culture and indigenous ritual. Engaging with anthropology's "ontological turn"--a theoretical approach grounded in the idea that different societies differ fundamentally in the way they understand humans in relation to other beings--it is also the first to explore a society's worldview by focusing on the life cycle and particularly how component rituals express beliefs about the course of a human life. As such, the book will attract anyone interested in how a traditional non-Western community continues to view human existence"--

Buddhist Rituals of Death and Rebirth

Author : Rita Langer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134158726
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book Buddhist Rituals of Death and Rebirth written by Rita Langer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-08-07 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Buddhist thought and practice, death has always been a central concept. This book provides a careful and thorough analysis of the rituals and social customs surrounding death in the Theravada tradition of Sri Lanka. Rita Langer describes the rituals of death and rebirth and investigates their ancient origins, analyzing social issues of the relationship between monks and lay people in this context. This aspect is of particular interest as death rituals are the only life cycle ritual in which Theravada Buddhist monks are actively involved. Drawing on early Vedic sutras and Pali texts as well as archaeological and epigraphical material, Buddhist Rituals of Death and Rebirth establishes that Sri Lankan rituals are deeply rooted in their pre-Buddhist, Vedic precursors. Whilst beliefs and doctrines have undergone considerable changes over the centuries, it becomes evident that the underlying practices have largely remained stable. The first comprehensive study of death rituals in Theravada Buddhist practice, this is an important contribution to the fields of Buddhist studies, indology, anthropology and religious studies.

Life Cycles in Jewish and Christian Worship

Author : Paul F. Bradshaw
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Life Cycles in Jewish and Christian Worship written by Paul F. Bradshaw and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than a series of rites of passage through the landmarks of growing up and growing old, Jewish and Christian life-cycle rituals give the members of each religious tradition theological and ritualized definitions of what a life should be. In this volume, the fourth in the acclaimed series Two Liturgical Traditions, eight scholars explore the models of human life implicit in Judaism and Christianity by unraveling and exploring the evolution and current condition of their life-cycle liturgies. By combining the historical-critical method of traditional scholarship with that of more recent theory drawn from the human sciences, Life Cycles in Jewish and Christian Worship provides a novel treatment of Jewish and Christian life cycles, past and present, and is a unique and invaluable guide to the history, practice, and theology of life-cycle liturgy. Contributors: Paul F. Bradshaw, Lawrence A. Hoffman, Ruth A. Meyers, Debra R. Blank, Karen B. Westerfield Tucker, Marjorie Procter-Smith, and Yoel Kahn.

Life Cycle Rituals

Author : Harvey E. Goldberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780199840731
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Life Cycle Rituals written by Harvey E. Goldberg and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Jewish Life Cycle

Author : Ivan G. Marcus
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 9780295984407
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (844 download)

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Download or read book The Jewish Life Cycle written by Ivan G. Marcus and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This original and sweeping review of Jewish culture and history examines how and why various rites and customs celebrating stages of the life cycle have evolved through the ages and persisted to this day.

Ritual: A Very Short Introduction

Author : Barry Stephenson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199943583
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)

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Download or read book Ritual: A Very Short Introduction written by Barry Stephenson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015-01-28 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ritual is part of what it means to be human. Like sports, music, and drama, ritual defines and enriches culture, putting those who practice it in touch with sources of value and meaning larger than themselves. Ritual is unavoidable, yet it holds a place in modern life that is decidedly ambiguous. What is ritual? What does it do? Is it useful? What are the various kinds of ritual? Is ritual tradition bound and conservative or innovative and transformational? Alongside description of a number of specific rites, this Very Short Introduction explores ritual from both theoretical and historical perspectives. Barry Stephenson focuses on the places where ritual touches everyday life: in politics and power; moments of transformation in the life cycle; as performance and embodiment. He also discusses the boundaries of ritual, and how and why certain behaviors have been studied as ritual while others have not. Stephenson shows how ritual is an important vehicle for group and identity formation; how it generates and transmits beliefs and values; how it can be used to exploit and oppress; and how it has served as a touchstone for thinking about cultural origins and historical change. Encompassing the breadth and depth of modern ritual studies, Barry Stephenson's Very Short Introduction also develops a narrative of ritual's place in social and cultural life. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.