Initiatory Ritual - Ethnological or Historical Theme? Cover Image

Iniciační rituál - téma historické či etnologické?
Initiatory Ritual - Ethnological or Historical Theme?

Author(s): Helena Východská
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Customs / Folklore, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Západočeská univerzita v Plzni
Keywords: ritual; religion; mythology; tradition; Christianity; ceremony; initiation; sense perception;

Summary/Abstract: This essay describes the categorization and different viewpoints of research and understanding of the initiation rituals. Author’s main aim is to depict the interdisciplinary conception of this issue which forms and also fades away the line between history of sanctity and ethnology.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 56-66
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Czech
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