The ambivalence of ritual in violence : Orthodox Christian perspectives

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Simion, Marian G.

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AOSIS Open Journals

Abstract

This article demonstrates that ritual plays an ambivalent role in the interaction between religion and violence. Ritual triggers and gives meaning to violence, or it enforces peace and coexistence. The first part of the article defines the ambivalence of ritual in the context of violence. The second part surveys standard rituals of peace and violence from Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The third part focuses on the ambivalent nature of Orthodox Christian rituals.

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Dr Simion is participating in the research project, ‘Political Theology’, directed by Dr Tanya van Wyk, Department of Dogmatics and Christian Ethics, Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria.

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Rituals, Religion, Violence, Orthodox Christian, Peace

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Simion, M.G., 2017, ‘The ambivalence of ritual in violence: Orthodox Christian perspectives’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 73(3), a4526. https://DOI.org/ 10.4102/hts.v73i3.4526.