Ritual Practices in Congregational Identity Formation (eBook)

Timothy D. Son (Autor)

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2014
284 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-0-7391-8311-3 (ISBN)

Infos

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 and investigates the pedagogical and transformative efficacies of ritual practices within the dynamics of congregational education.

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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.

Autor

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.

Inhalt

Part I: Discovering the Educational Efficacies of RitualRituals for Congregational FormationRitual to Build, or to Deconstruct? Critical Reflection on Victor Turner’s Ritual Theory Ritual Practice as a Process of KnowingPart II: Educating Congregations for Identity FormationExploring the Anatomy of Congregational Identity: Learning Various Constitutive Elements of Congregational IdentityPainting a Congregation’s Self-portrait: Integrating Worldviews, Church Images and Core Values into a Congregation’s Self-imagesWrestling with a Cultural Goliath: The Challenges and Opportunities of Postmodern Society in Constructing Congregational IdentityPart III: Where Ritual Theory Meets Ministry PracticeLooking into a Portrait Artist’s Palette: Analyzing a Case Study of Ritual of Installation and Its Implications to Congregational Identity ConstructionPractical Implications of Ritual Practice for Congregational MinistryAppendix A—Survey QuestionnairesAppendix B—Worldview Test

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.5.2014
• Zusatzinfo: 23 Illustrations including: - 23 Tables.
• Verlagsort: Lanham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Politik / Gesellschaft
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Liturgik / Homiletik
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Religionspädagogik / Katechetik
• Schlagworte: Congregational identity • Congregational identity formation • Congregation’s core values • Congregation’s core values • Images of church • Impact of worldview • Postmodern society • Ritual practice • ritual theory • Victor Turner
• ISBN-10: 0-7391-8311-7 / 0739183117
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7391-8311-3 / 9780739183113