TY  - BOOK
AU  - Driver,Tom F.
TI  - Liberating rites: understanding the transformative power of ritual 
SN  - 0813334551 (pbk)
AV  - BL 600  D782l  1998
U1  - 291.38 
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Boulder, Colo.
PB  - Westview Press
KW  - Ritual
KW  - Rites and ceremonies
KW  - Liturgia y ritual
KW  - Ritos y ceremonias
N1  - Litteraturliste s. 252-257; pt. 1. Ritual pathways. Ritualizing: the animals do it and so do we. Modern warfare: the loss of ritual pathways. Priest and shaman: two pathways of religions ritual. --
pt. 2. Modalities of performance. Ritual, theater, and sacrifice. Ritual's two siblings: performance in the confessional and the ethical modes --
pt. 3. Ritual's social gifts. Order. Community. Transformation. --
Conclusion. Christian sacraments as the performance of freedom. A communion sermon. Some points in criticism of Victor Turner; Oprindelig udk. med titel: The magic of ritual. - HarperSanFrancisco, 1991
N2  - An examination of how people use ritual to give order to their lives, to provide a sense of security and control. The author discusses how ritual creativity and performance are central to the enactment of religious beliefs and how rituals serve to transform individuals into members of communities
ER  -