TY - BOOK
T1 - The reformation of ritual
T2 - An interpretation of early modern Germany
AU - Karant-Nunn, Susan C.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 1997 Susan C.Karant-Nunn. All rights reserved.
PY - 2005/1/1
Y1 - 2005/1/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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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U2 - 10.4324/9780203992494
DO - 10.4324/9780203992494
M3 - Book
AN - SCOPUS:85071524780
SN - 0415113377
SN - 9780415443937
BT - The reformation of ritual
PB - Taylor and Francis
ER -