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dc.contributor.author | Smit, Peter-Ben A.![]() |
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dc.date.accessioned | 2016-09-12T06:11:36Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-09-12T06:11:36Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016-08-05 | |
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. | en_ZA |
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) | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2072-8050 (online) | |
dc.identifier.other | 10.4102/hts.v72i4.3237 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/56696 | |
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. | en_ZA |
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 | Theology articles SDG-03 | |
dc.subject.other | SDG-03: Good health and well-being | |
dc.subject.other | Theology articles SDG-04 | |
dc.subject.other | SDG-04: Quality education | |
dc.subject.other | Theology articles SDG-10 | |
dc.subject.other | SDG-10: Reduced inequalities | |
dc.subject.other | Theology articles SDG-16 | |
dc.subject.other | SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions | |
dc.title | Ritual failure in Romans 6 | en_ZA |
dc.type | Article | en_ZA |