
Life Cycles in Jewish and Christian Worship
- 314 pages
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Life Cycles in Jewish and Christian Worship
About this book
More than a series of rites of passage through the landmarks of growing up and growing old, Jewish and Christian life-cycle rituals give the members of each religious tradition theological and ritualized definitions of what a life should be. In this volume, the fourth in the acclaimed series Two Liturgical Traditions, eight scholars explore the models of human life implicit in Judaism and Christianity by unraveling and exploring the evolution and current condition of their life-cycle liturgies. By combining the historical-critical method of traditional scholarship with that of more recent theory drawn from the human sciences, Life Cycles in Jewish and Christian Worship provides a novel treatment of Jewish and Christian life cycles, past and present, and is a unique and invaluable guide to the history, practice, and theology of life-cycle liturgy.
Contributors: Paul F. Bradshaw, Lawrence A. Hoffman, Ruth A. Meyers, Debra R. Blank, Karen B. Westerfield Tucker, Marjorie Procter-Smith, and Yoel Kahn.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half title
- Series page
- Title page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Christian Rites Related to Birth
- Rituals of Birth in Judaism
- Christian Rites of Adolescence
- Jewish Rites of Adolescence
- Christian Marriage Rituals
- The Jewish Wedding Ceremony
- Christian Rituals Surrounding Sickness
- "Visiting the Sick" and the Deathbed Confession in Judaism
- Christian Rituals Surrounding Death
- Rites of Death and Mourning in Judaism
- Contemporary Challenges to Christian Life-Cycle Ritual
- Contemporary Challenges to Jewish Life-Cycle Ritual
- Conclusion
- Contributors
- Index