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In the web of cultural processes of late antiquity ablution rites and initiation rites were performed in different forms and in different contexts. Such rites existed in Early Judaism and Greco-Roman cults and were also applied in early Christianity under the label "baptism", however, not as one fixed rite uniformly performed and interpreted. Baptismal rites developed diversely corresponding to the diversity among Christian groups of which some later came to be perceived as heretical. Remains of art, architecture and texts from these contexts were discussed in two conferences gathering scholars who are excellent within their respective fields: text studies, studies of rites, archaeology, architecture, history of art, and cultural anthropology. These different fields of research have in recent years generated new knowledge that is relevant for the discussion of ablution and initiation rites and their function in late antiquity. At the same time interests of research have altered in favour of a growing cooperation across discipline borders.The present volumes are the outcome of two conferences in Rome 2008 and at Metochi (Lesbos) 2009.

Baptism -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600 -- Congresses. --- Baptism -- Judaism -- History -- Congresses. --- Lustrations -- History -- Congresses. --- Rome -- Religion -- Congresses. --- Lustrations --- Baptism --- 265.1 --- Rites and ceremonies --- Water --- Christening --- Immersion, Baptismal --- Initiation rites --- Sacraments --- 265.1 Doopsel --- Doopsel --- History --- Judaism --- Religious aspects --- Rome --- Religion --- Festschrift - Libri Amicorum --- Baptême --- Rites d'initiation --- Histoire --- Judaïsme --- Aspect religieux --- History. --- Baptismal immersion --- Sponsors --- Baptism - History - Early church, ca 30-600 - Congresses --- Baptism - Judaism - History - Congresses --- Lustrations - History - Congresses --- Rome - Religion - Congresses --- Ablution. --- Baptism. --- Initiation. --- Rite.

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Sur la place de certains villages forestiers des collines du Sépik occidental (Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée), les hommes mettent périodiquement en scène, deux jours et deux nuits durant, un drame rituel sans paroles, où c'est la diversité ordonnée des masques, des peintures corporelles, de la gestuelle et de la musique qui délivre un message codé dont seuls quelques privilégiés comprennent le sens. Sur le fond d'une conception dualiste de l'univers et de la société basée sur la différenciation sexuelle, le rite public de ce culte masculin donne à voir la sexualité fondatrice d'un couple divin, la gestation puis la naissance de deux fils, leur séparation d'avec la mère parturiente et leur quête du sein, enfin leur identification à un père social supplantant le père géniteur. Les dernières minutes sont la condensation d'un scénario œdipien dont l'issue demeure incertaine, tout en évoquant un rite d'initiation dont les novices et leurs guides ne seraient que des acteurs se produisant sur scène. Personnages rituels ultimes et « hommes originels », ces fils totémiques incarnent l'Homme social et la Société elle-même toujours recommencés. Simple réactualisation « folklorique » d'une cosmogonie ? Mythe héroïque joué comme un mystère antique ? Dispositif idéologique propre à garantir la domination masculine ? Expression immédiate de fantasmes œdipiens sans cesse revécus ? Ce livre cherche des réponses en associant une analyse ethnographique rigoureuse aux concepts que la psychanalyse d'inspiration freudienne est à même de proposer à l'ethnologue. A partir d'un cas particulier, il interroge le rapport entre fantasme individuel et symbole religieux, entre atemporalité de l'inconscient et histoire culturelle, entre refoulement et idéologie...

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What do rituals have to do with knowledge? Knowledge by Ritual examines the epistemological role of rites in Christian Scripture. By putting biblical rituals in conversation with philosophical and scientific views of knowledge, Johnson argues that knowing is a skilled adeptness in both the biblical literature and scientific enterprise. If rituals are a way of thinking in community akin to scientific communities, then the biblical emphasis on rites that lead to knowledge cannot be ignored. Practicing a rite to know occurs frequently in the Hebrew Bible. YHWH answers Abram's skepticism-"How shall I know that I will possess the land?"-with a ritual intended to make him know (Gen 15:7-21). The recurring rites of Sabbath (Exod 31:13) and dwelling in a Sukkah (Lev 23:43) direct Israel toward discernment of an event's enduring significance. Likewise, building stone memorials aims at the knowledge of generations to come (Josh 4:6).Though the New Testament appropriates the Torah rites through strategic reemployment, the primary questions of sacramental theology have often presumed that rites are symbolically encoded. Hence, understanding sacraments has sometimes been reduced to decoding the symbols of the rite. Knowledge by Ritual argues that the rites of Israel, as portrayed in the biblical texts, disposed Israelites to recognize something they could not have seen apart from their participation. By examining the epistemological function of rituals, Johnson's monograph gives readers a new set of questions to explore both the sacraments of Israel and contemporary sacramental theology.

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