Water rituals as a source of (Christian) life in an African Independent Church : to be healed and (re)connected

dc.contributor.authorWepener, Cas
dc.contributor.authorMuller, Bethel
dc.contributor.emailcas.wepener@up.ac.zaen
dc.date.accessioned2014-01-24T08:18:40Z
dc.date.available2014-01-24T08:18:40Z
dc.date.issued2013-03
dc.descriptionThis article was first presented as a paper at the 23rd Conference of Societas Liturgica in Reims, France which focussed on Baptism.en
dc.description.abstractAfrican Independent Churches (AICs) are to large extent paperless churches. This means that for the biggest part liturgical documents does not exist and that a study of their worship must entail a study of their enacted rites which will include recordings and transcriptions of verbal expressions such as sermons. This article focuses on AIC worship in South Africa, with special attention to the role of so-called water rituals. In this article the main aim is an attempt to discern what the role of these water rituals are in the worship of this AIC and in the generation of social. Thus, after a description of the ritual data, the water rituals are analysed by making use of both anthropological and theological theory, especially the work of Mary Douglas and Gerhardus van der Leeuw.en
dc.description.librarianam2014en
dc.description.librarianmn2014
dc.description.sponsorshipThe South African National Research Foundation (NRF) under Grant number 73974.en
dc.description.urihttp://ngtt.journals.ac.zaen
dc.identifier.citationWepener, C & Muller, B 2013, 'Water rituals as a source of (Christian) life in an African Independent Church : to be healed and (re)connected', Dutch Reformed Theological Journal = Nederduitse Gereformeerde Teologiese Tydskrif, vol. 54, no. 1&2, pp. 254-266.en
dc.identifier.issn0028-2006 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2226-2385 (online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/33079
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherFaculty of Theology, Stellenbosch Universityen
dc.rightsSU LISen
dc.subjectWorshipen
dc.subjectRitualen
dc.subjectAfrican Independent Churches (AIC)en
dc.subjectSocial capitalen
dc.subjectParticipatory observationen
dc.subjectLiturgieen
dc.subjectRitueelen
dc.subjectAfrika Onafhanklike Kerken
dc.subjectSosiale kapitaalen
dc.subjectDeelnemende observasieen
dc.subject.lcshRites and ceremoniesen
dc.titleWater rituals as a source of (Christian) life in an African Independent Church : to be healed and (re)connecteden
dc.typeArticleen

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