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To Dance With God: Family Ritual and Community Celebration
Gertrud Mueller Nelson
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Paperback. Ms. Nelson penetrates to the heart of the meaning of ritual and ceremony in a fresh way. She manages to escape the trap of many writers on this subject--superficial piety--and makes relevant for the modern reader. Num Pages: 245 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 175 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
"Gertrud Nelson has written a book on ritual that is one of a kind. Her exquisitely written volume covers the history, psychology and spirituality of ritual in general and Christian ritual in particular. Enlivened by pithy and insightful examples, many of them drawn from her own family life, Ms. Nelson penetrates to the heart of the meaning of ritual and ceremony in a fresh way. She manages to escape the trap of many writers on this subject—superficial piety—and makes relevant for the modern reader the importance of ritual for connecting us to the meaning and flow of life. I ... Read more
"Gertrud Nelson has written a book on ritual that is one of a kind. Her exquisitely written volume covers the history, psychology and spirituality of ritual in general and Christian ritual in particular. Enlivened by pithy and insightful examples, many of them drawn from her own family life, Ms. Nelson penetrates to the heart of the meaning of ritual and ceremony in a fresh way. She manages to escape the trap of many writers on this subject—superficial piety—and makes relevant for the modern reader the importance of ritual for connecting us to the meaning and flow of life. I ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Paulist Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Mahwah, United States
ISBN
9780809128129
SKU
V9780809128129
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