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The Reformation of Ritual: An Interpretation of Early Modern Germany (Christianity and Society in the Modern World) - Softcover

Book 5 of 18: Christianity and Society in the Modern World

Karant-Nunn, Susan

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9780415443937: The Reformation of Ritual: An Interpretation of Early Modern Germany (Christianity and Society in the Modern World)
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ISBN 10: 0415443938 ISBN 13: 9780415443937
Publisher: Routledge, 2007

Synopsis

In The Reformation of Ritual Susan Karant-Nunn explores the function of ritual in early modern German society, and the extent to which it was modified by the Reformation. Employing anthropological insights, and drawing on extensive archival research, Susan Karant-Nunn outlines the significance of the ceremonial changes. This comprehensive study includes an examination of all major rites of passage: birth, baptism, confirmation, engagement, marriage, the churching of women after childbirth, penance, the Eucharist, and dying. The author argues that the changes in ritual made over the course of the century reflect more than theological shifts; ritual was a means of imposing discipline and of making the divine more or less accessible. Church and state cooperated in using ritual as one means of gaining control of the populace.

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Susan Karant-Nunn

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415443938
ISBN 13 
9780415443937
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
296
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