New Rituals—Old Societies : : Invented Rituals in Contemporary Israel /

New Rituals—Old Societies : : Invented Rituals in Contemporary Israel / / Nissan Rubin.

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Rituals provide public solutions to some types of life crises. There are crises which beset individuals in modern and post-modern society which are not easily addressed by traditional rituals. However, rites have not disappeared in contemporary society, but have merely changed their guise. New Ritua...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Academic Studies Press Backlist eBook-Package 2008-2013
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Rubin, Nissan,
Place / Publishing House:Boston, MA : : Academic Studies Press, , [2009]
©2009
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
Series:Judaism and Jewish Life
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Physical Description:1 online resource (208 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • PART ONE. RITES AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE
  • CHAPTER ONE. SOCIAL NETWORKS AND MOURNING: A COMPARATIVE APPROACH
  • CHAPTER TWO. UNOFFICIAL MEMORIAL RITES IN AN ARMY UNIT
  • PART TWO. RITES AND CIVIL RELIGION: INVENTION OF TRADITION
  • CHAPTER THREE. ETHNIC CIVIL RELIGION: A CASE STUDY OF IMMIGRANTS FROM RUMANIA IN ISRAEL
  • CHAPTER FOUR. DEATH CUSTOMS IN A NON-RELIGIOUS KIBBUTZ: THE USE OF SACRED SYMBOLS IN A SECULAR SOCIETY
  • CHAPTER FIVE. PERSONAL BEREAVEMENT IN A COLLECTIVE ENVIRONMENT: MOURNING IN THE KIBBUTZ
  • PART THREE. PERSONAL DEFENITIONAL RITES: CHANGING ONE’S IDENTITY
  • CHAPTER SIX. FROM FAT TO THIN: INFORMAL RITES AFFIRMING IDENTITY CHANGE
  • CHAPTER SEVEN. FORMAL AND INFORMAL RETIREMENT RITES IN THE ISRAELI ARMY
  • REFERENCES
  • GENERAL INDEX
  • AUTHORS INDEX

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