Deeply into the Bone

Re-Inventing Rites of Passage

By:

Ronald L Grimes

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Life Passages

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In the last two decades of the 20th century, North Americans have become increasingly interested in understanding and reclaiming the rites that mark significant life passages. In the absence of meaningful rites of passage, we speed through the dangerous intersections of life and often come to regret missing an opportunity to contemplate a child's birth, mark the arrival of maturity, or meditate on the loss of a loved one. Providing a personal, informed, and cross-cultural perspective on rites of passage for general readers, this book illustrates the power of rites to help us navigate life's troublesome transitions. The text instigates a conversation in which readers can reflect on their own experiences of passage. Covering the significant life events of birth, initiation, marriage, and death, chapters include first-person stories told by individuals who have undergone rites of passage, accounts of practices from around the world, brief histories of selected ritual traditions, and critical reflections probing popular assumptions about ritual. The book also explores innovative rites for other important events such as beginning school, same-sex commitment ceremonies, abortion, serious illness, divorce, and retirement.

Author Biography:

Ronald L. Grimes is Professor of Religion and Culture at Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario, Canada. He is the author of Marrying and Burying: Rites of Passage in a Man's Life (1995) and editor of Readings in Ritual Studies (1996), among other works.

Release date NZ

December 1st, 2002

Author

Ronald L Grimes

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

6 figures, 7 black-and-white photographs

Pages

393

Series

Life Passages

Dimensions

152x229x25

ISBN-13

9780520236752

Product ID

2626450

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