The family of God a symbolic study of Christian life in America
A symbolic study of Christian life in America.<br>(1. publ.)<br>New Haven: Yale Univ. Pr. 1961. X, 451 S.<br>(Yale Paperbound. 45.)
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New Haven
Yale University Press
1961
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| Ausgabe: | 1st publ. |
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | A symbolic study of Christian life in America.<br>(1. publ.)<br>New Haven: Yale Univ. Pr. 1961. X, 451 S.<br>(Yale Paperbound. 45.) |
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| Beschreibung: | Contents: pt. 1. The family, the emergent collectivity and sacred symbolism -- pt. II. God's new kingdom -- 3. Protestant revolt and protestant symbolism -- Christian unity and diversity -- Oral Protestantism and visual catholicism -- Symbols of masculinity, femininity and procreation in Protestantism -- Mother's day: the return of the woman and her family to the Protestant pantheon -- 4. Protestant community legitimates its past -- pt. III. The living and the dead -- 5. City of the dead, the cemetery -- Vacancy in Elm Highlands Cemetery -- Collective representations of the sexes, the several ages, and the Institutions of Yankee City -- Autonomy, ambivalence and social mobility -- Transition technicians, the funeral and other rites of transition and the power and prestige of the professions -- The Undertaker -- The life span of a cemetery and the continuing life of a community -- 6. Cult of the dead -- The crosses row on row -- The church and the military altars of sacrifice -- The parade; ritual link between the Dead and the Living -- Lincoln, an American collective representation made by and for the people -- The effect of War on the community -- The Function of Memorial Day -- pt. IV. The family of God -- 7. Sacred sexuality the mother, the father and their family -- The family and Christian symbolism -- Sexuality, procreation, and Marriage in Christian symbolism -- The Bride and Christ: symbols of a symbol -- Marriage of the consecrated virgin -- Mary, the Virgin Mother, symbol of the perfect woman -- 8. Sacrifice; the father and the His son -- pt. V. Transition and eternity -- 9. Sacred time -- 10. Secular and sacred time: a collective product -- 11. The structure of non-rational thought the significance of the species group for understanding non rational symbols |
| Beschreibung: | X, 451 Seiten 21 cm |