dc.contributor.author |
Smit, Peter-Ben A.
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dc.date.accessioned |
2016-09-12T06:11:36Z |
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dc.date.available |
2016-09-12T06:11:36Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2016-08-05 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Ritual studies are slow to make a large impact on New Testament studies, despite a number of
notable exceptions. This notwithstanding, rituals occur frequently in the New Testament, in
particular when there is a problem with a ritual. In this article, recent anthropological work on
‘ritual failure’ is used to address Paul’s discussion of Roman practices concerning baptism in
relation to a person’s walk of life and to argue that this can be understood well as a case of
’ritual failure,’ in which a ritual fails, from Paul’s perspective, to achieve what it should. This
leads both to challenging the attitude of the Romans concerning baptism and to a reconsideration
of its significance. |
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dc.description.department |
New Testament Studies |
en_ZA |
dc.description.librarian |
am2016 |
en_ZA |
dc.description.uri |
http://www.hts.org.za |
en_ZA |
dc.identifier.citation |
Smit P-B., 2016, ‘Ritual failure
in Romans 6’, HTS Teologiese
Studies/Theological Studies
72(4), a3237. http://dx.DOI.
org/ 10.4102/hts.v72i4.3237. |
en_ZA |
dc.identifier.issn |
0959-9422 (print) |
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dc.identifier.issn |
2072-8050 (online) |
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dc.identifier.other |
10.4102/hts.v72i4.3237 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2263/56696 |
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dc.language.iso |
en |
en_ZA |
dc.publisher |
OpenJournals Publishing |
en_ZA |
dc.rights |
© 2016. The Authors.
Licensee: AOSIS. This work
is licensed under the
Creative Commons
Attribution License. |
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dc.subject |
Ritual studies |
en_ZA |
dc.subject |
Roman practices |
en_ZA |
dc.subject |
Ritual failure |
en_ZA |
dc.subject |
New Testament studies |
en_ZA |
dc.subject.other |
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dc.title |
Ritual failure in Romans 6 |
en_ZA |
dc.type |
Article |
en_ZA |