Liturgy wars [electronic resource] : ritual theory and Protestant reform in nineteenth-century Zurich / Theodore M. Vial.
The nineteenth century was a period of intense religious conflict across Europe, as people confronted the major changes brought by modernity. In Zurich, one phase of this religious conflict was played out in a struggle over revisions to the ritual of baptism. In its analysis of the Zurich conflict,...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York ; London :
Routledge,
2004.
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| Series: | Religion in history, society & culture ;
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| Summary: | The nineteenth century was a period of intense religious conflict across Europe, as people confronted the major changes brought by modernity. In Zurich, one phase of this religious conflict was played out in a struggle over revisions to the ritual of baptism. In its analysis of the Zurich conflict, Liturgy Wars offers a strategy for understanding the links between theology, ritual, and socio-politics. Theodore M. Vial offers a new perspective on contemporary ritual studies - and critiques the cognivist approaches of Lawson and McCauley, as well as Catherine Bell's analysis of power and the bod. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 195 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-183) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203505190 9780203505199 9780415966986 0415966981 9781135886912 1135886911 1280165251 9781280165252 9786610165254 6610165254 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |