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Author : John Groth
Release : 1993
Genre : Ethics
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Book Synopsis Ritual Legalism and Morality by : John Groth
Download or read book Ritual Legalism and Morality written by John Groth. This book was released on 1993. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Solomon
Release : 2012-03-26
Genre : Philosophy
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Book Synopsis Ritual and the Moral Life by : David Solomon
Download or read book Ritual and the Moral Life written by David Solomon. This book was released on 2012-03-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the twentieth century, in both China and the West, ritual became marginalized in the face of the growth of secularism and individualism. In China, Confucianism and its essentially ritualistic comportment to the world were vigorously suppressed during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) under Mao Zedong. But de-ritualization already took place as a result of the Chinese Revolution of 1911 under Sun Yat-Sen. In the West, while the process of de-ritualization has been generally more gradual, it has been nonetheless drastic. In contrast to this situation, this volume investigates the crucial role ritual plays in constituting the human understanding of their place in the cosmos, the purpose of their lives, and imbues human existence with a more complete sense of meaningfulness. This volume presents the work of philosophers from both China and the West as they reflect upon the constitutive role that ritual plays in human life. They reflect not only on ritual in general but also on specific Confucian and Christian appreciations of ritual. This provocative volume is a beacon of warning to Western philosophers, who think they have graduated from the trappings of ritual, and a beacon of hope for Eastern thinkers, who wish to avoid cultural fragmentation. The Editors, both Eastern and Western, have together created a seamless work that not only introduces ritual, but advances an argument for the contribution that ritual makes to cultural renewal. This volume is a work of philosophical thinking about ritual doing, but challenges those who think to realize that the salvation of philosophical thinking rests in the particularity and contingency of ritual doing. Let us hope this volume is widely read, for it points to that which might renew the West. - Jeffrey P. Bishop, Saint Louis University
Author : Hyam Maccoby
Release : 1999-07-15
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Synopsis Ritual and Morality by : Hyam Maccoby
Download or read book Ritual and Morality written by Hyam Maccoby. This book was released on 1999-07-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book describes in detail the ritual purity system of the Hebrew Bible, and its development into the system of the rabbis. Certain human conditions require purification before contact is made with holy foods or areas. Recent scholarly theories (Milgrom, Neusner, Douglas) are discussed, and new theories are proposed for the origin of the Red Cow and Scapegoat rites. It is argued that the impurities concerned all derive from the human cycle of generation, birth and death, from which the Sanctuary is to be guarded; not because it needs protection from demonic powers (as in other ancient purity systems), but because of the reverence due to the divine presence. While the priestly code of holiness displays traces of earlier conceptions, its ritual has lost urgent salvific force, and has become a protocol for the Temple and a dedicatory code for a priestly people; the sources distinguish it from universal morality.
Author : Frank Hill Perrycoste
Release : 1910
Genre : Ethics
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Book Synopsis Ritual, Faith, and Morals by : Frank Hill Perrycoste
Download or read book Ritual, Faith, and Morals written by Frank Hill Perrycoste. This book was released on 1910. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Mediterraneum (Consortium). International Conference
Release : 2004
Genre : Cristianismo
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Book Synopsis Rituals and Ethics by : Mediterraneum (Consortium). International Conference
Download or read book Rituals and Ethics written by Mediterraneum (Consortium). International Conference. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What patterns of repentance are presented by such different religious traditions as Judaism, Christianity and Islam? How are transgressions cancelled in the eyes of God, the individual and society? What individual and collective actions are necessary for the granting of forgiveness? Today, the study of the mechanisms of social reconciliation based on inner and collective repentance is an increasingly urgent issue. An international conference on this subject was organized by «Mediterraneum», with the participation of scholars from European, American and Middle Eastern universities. We publish here the essays by J. Assmann (Heidelberg), P.C. Bori, A. Destro, M. Pesce (Bologna), A. Feldtkeller (Berlin), G. Filoramo (Turin), G. Mayer (Heidelberg), Mongia and Mokdad Arfa Mensia (Tunis), J. Neusner (Bard College), M. Nobile (Rome), P. Vassiliadis and D. Passakos (Thessaloniki). "Mediterraneum" is an international center for the study of religions situated in Bertinoro, the medieval Italian city from which Ovadiah, the famous commentator of the Mishna, takes his name.
