The Reformation of Ritual: An Interpretation of Early Modern Germany

ISBN-13: 9780415443937 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 304 str.

Susan Karant-Nunn

Opis

Applies the insights of anthropologists to ritual change in the German Reformat ion, finding that Church and state cooperated in using ritual as an instrument for imposing social discipline.

Recenzje

'The title of this excellent book suggests the scope of it's author's ambitition... That Susan Karant-Nunn has succeeded so well is a tribute to her scholarship and erudition.' - German History

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Susan Karant-Nunn