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Liturgical Vessels for Baptism and the Holy Unction, Two Sacraments of Life

Anales de Historia del Arte, 2015
Baptism and Holy Unction are two mile stones in the life of a Christian as by means of these sacraments he is accepted as a member of the Christian Church, and prepared for his transit to eternal life.
María Luisa Martín Ansón
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The culture of homosexuality: lessons from Rites de Passage

Cultura de los Cuidados, 2012
In his seminal work, The Rites of Passage, Arnold van Gennep (1960) described three categories of rituals with successive and distinct moments in ritual time: separation, margin and aggregation.
Dula F. Pacquiao, Mary Kay Carney
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Salis est: Ecumenical Catalyst or Narrow Reductionism? [PDF]

, 2003
(Excerpt) It is also taught among us that one holy Christian church will be and remain focever. This is the assembly of all believers [or saints ] among whom the Gospel is preached in its purity and the holy sacraments are administered according to the ...
Johnson, Maxwell E
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A masquerade is not watched from one spot: reassessing the study of African religions

Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 1999
The search for an adequate methodological approach to the study of African Religions in their multiformity has been a fervent one. In this paper, approaches to the study of African Religions today are proposed. These are polymethodic and multidimentional
Umar Danfulani
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The indigenization of catholicism on Flores [PDF]

, 2010
From the very outset of European expansion, scholars have been preoccupied with the impact of proselytization and colonization on non-European societies. Anthropologists such as Margaret Mead and Bronislaw Malinowski, who witnessed these processes at the
Schröter, Susanne
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The Institution of Dowry in Kalmyk Wedding Rites

Монголоведение, 2018
The article examines the institution of dowry in wedding rites of the Kalmyks. Traditionally the composition of the dowry was largely determined by the groom’s party, close relatives and fellow-villagers of the bride and her parents.
T. Sharaeva
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Folklore Aspects of Funeral and Mourning Rites of Badakhshan Residents

Этническая культура, 2022
The article is devoted to one of the spheres of the spiritual culture of the inhabitants of Badakhshan – funeral and mourning rites, which reflected many of the traditional ideas of the local population.
Abdulfattokh K. Aminov
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Formation of Korean Christianity through the Banning of Ancestral Rites

Religions
This study explores the ways in which a ban on ancestral rites influenced Korean Christianity. Ancestral rites are religious ceremonies that form the most critical social basis of Joseon, a Confucian society.
Shinhyung Seong
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Ritual orders and ritologiques: a terminological quest for some neglected fields of study

Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 2003
The topic presented in this paper lies at the crossroads between ritual studies and ritual theory. In order to get an idea of the field of study, it may be useful to distinguish between the following general approaches to the study of ritual.
Michael Stausberg
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Support for Ethno-religious Violence in Indonesia [PDF]

, 2015
This study focused on the relationship between ethno-religious identification and support for intergroup violence in Indonesia. It employed a cross-cultural comparative research design involving Muslim and Christian respondents from different ethnic ...
Subagya, T. (Tri)
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