Human Rites: The Power of Rituals, Habits, and Sacraments
What are we doing when we gather around the sacraments— or when we make the same breakfast every morning? Embodying rituals, says Dru Johnson. And until we understand what we’re doing and why, we won’t know how these rituals work, what they mean, or how we might adapt them.

In Human Rites Johnson considers the concept of ritual as seen in Scripture and its role in shaping our thinking. He colorfully illustrates both the mundane and the sacred rituals that penetrate all of life, offering not only a helpful introduction to rituals but also a framework for understanding them. As he unpacks how rituals pervade every area of our lives, Johnson suggests biblical ways to focus our use of rituals, habits, and sacraments so that we can see the world more truly through them.

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Human Rites: The Power of Rituals, Habits, and Sacraments
What are we doing when we gather around the sacraments— or when we make the same breakfast every morning? Embodying rituals, says Dru Johnson. And until we understand what we’re doing and why, we won’t know how these rituals work, what they mean, or how we might adapt them.

In Human Rites Johnson considers the concept of ritual as seen in Scripture and its role in shaping our thinking. He colorfully illustrates both the mundane and the sacred rituals that penetrate all of life, offering not only a helpful introduction to rituals but also a framework for understanding them. As he unpacks how rituals pervade every area of our lives, Johnson suggests biblical ways to focus our use of rituals, habits, and sacraments so that we can see the world more truly through them.

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Human Rites: The Power of Rituals, Habits, and Sacraments

Human Rites: The Power of Rituals, Habits, and Sacraments

Human Rites: The Power of Rituals, Habits, and Sacraments

Human Rites: The Power of Rituals, Habits, and Sacraments

Overview

What are we doing when we gather around the sacraments— or when we make the same breakfast every morning? Embodying rituals, says Dru Johnson. And until we understand what we’re doing and why, we won’t know how these rituals work, what they mean, or how we might adapt them.

In Human Rites Johnson considers the concept of ritual as seen in Scripture and its role in shaping our thinking. He colorfully illustrates both the mundane and the sacred rituals that penetrate all of life, offering not only a helpful introduction to rituals but also a framework for understanding them. As he unpacks how rituals pervade every area of our lives, Johnson suggests biblical ways to focus our use of rituals, habits, and sacraments so that we can see the world more truly through them.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780802876003
Publisher: Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date: 02/21/2019
Pages: 162
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dru Johnson is a Templeton Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. He directs the Abrahamic Theistic Origins project for the Templeton Religion Trust. His books include Understanding Biblical Law: Skills for Thinking With and Through Torah, What Hath Darwin to Do With Scripture: Comparing the Conceptual Worlds of the Bible and Evolution, and Human Rites: The Power of Rituals, Sacraments, and Habits. 

Table of Contents

Foreword David Dark ix

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction: Know Your Rites 1

Our Ritualed World

1 More than Mind Games 13

2 Guided by Voices 21

Our Ritual Guides

3 Priestly Monkeys Banging on Their Ritual Typewriters 31

4 All Journeys Have a Secret Destination 51

When Rites Go Wrong

5 When Rites Go Dark 65

6 When Rites Go Flimsy 77

Rituals In Christian Religion

7 Getting Some Distance from Our Sacraments 91

8 Avoiding the Ethical Rift 103

9 Riting Our Wrongs 111

10 Practicing Safe Ritual Improvisation 125

Coda 133

Appendix: Examples of a Ritual Inventory 135

Suggested Reading 147

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