Ritual Practices in Congregational Identity Formation

Timothy D. Son (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

310 Seiten

2014
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-8310-6 (ISBN)

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Ritual Practices in Congregational Identity Formation investigates the educational roles of ritual practices in the process of congregational identity formation. Son identifies and analyzes various kinds of Christian rituals with respect to how rituals influence the formational processes of a congregation’s identity. Based on Victor Turner’s ritual theory, this book also investigates the pedagogical and transformative efficacies of ritual practices within the dynamics of congregational education.

Timothy D. Son is assistant professor of Christian education and youth ministry at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. He is the author of Educational Ministry for Congregational Identity Development and Asian Americans and Christian Ministry.

Part I: Discovering the Educational Efficacies of Ritual
1.Rituals for Congregational Formation
2.Ritual to Build, or to Deconstruct? Critical Reflection on Victor Turner’s Ritual Theory
3.Ritual Practice as a Process of Knowing

Part II: Educating Congregations for Identity Formation
4.Exploring the Anatomy of Congregational Identity: Learning Various Constitutive Elements of Congregational Identity
5.Painting a Congregation’s Self-portrait: Integrating Worldviews, Church Images and Core Values into a Congregation’s Self-images
6.Wrestling with a Cultural Goliath: The Challenges and Opportunities of Postmodern Society in Constructing Congregational Identity

Part III: Where Ritual Theory Meets Ministry Practice
7.Looking into a Portrait Artist’s Palette: Analyzing a Case Study of Ritual of Installation and Its Implications to Congregational Identity Construction
8.Practical Implications of Ritual Practice for Congregational Ministry

Appendix A—Survey Questionnaires
Appendix B—Worldview Test

Erscheint lt. Verlag	8.5.2014
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	159 x 238 mm
Gewicht	576 g
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Liturgik / Homiletik
	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Religionspädagogik / Katechetik
ISBN-10	0-7391-8310-9 / 0739183109
ISBN-13	978-0-7391-8310-6 / 9780739183106
Zustand	Neuware