Rituals’ Narrative Logics
This article focuses on a double identity of rituals: the origin and main structure of rituals is narrative, and they represent a particular logic which aims at establishing a different quality of life. The narrative structure coincides with a typical characteristic of the human...
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| Language: | deu |
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The Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow Press
2011-04-01
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| Series: | The Person and the Challenges. The Journal of Theology, Education, Canon Law and Social Studies Inspired by Pope John Paul II |
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| Online Access: | http://czasopisma.upjp2.edu.pl/thepersonandthechallenges/article/view/835/713 |
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| Summary: | This article focuses on a double identity of rituals: the origin and main structure
of rituals is narrative, and they represent a particular logic which aims at establishing
a different quality of life. The narrative structure coincides with a typical
characteristic of the human mind: the commemoration of striking dramatic or
liberating events. Hence the ongoing concern to remember; the anamnesis intends
to prevent that what among people never should be forgotten remains present in
the individual and collective memory. Rituals are the most powerful means to
keep memory alive. The coincidence of the faithfulness to a living tradition and
the authentic commitment to present human concerns guarantees that the ritual
anamnesis introduces qualitative change among the people involved. |
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| ISSN: | 2083-8018 2391-6559 |