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xi, 369 pages ; 23 cm "Father Uzukwu details how patterns of African ritual assemblies and sacred narratives have merged with Jewish, Gospel, and early Church traditions to create living Christian communities and liturgies. This book throws new light on liturgical action and theology using a socio-historical method. It suggests the use of more transition rituals, and it provides samples of emergent African Christian liturgies that emphasize intense community participation with appropriate gestures."--BOOK JACKET "A Pueblo book." Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-345) and index Human gestural behavior as ritual and symbolic -- Ritual-symbolic action as creating and re-creating community -- Foundation stories (myth-symbols) and the theology of worship -- Passage through life and its ritual hallowing : toward a contextual celebration of the Christian sacraments -- Emergent creative liturgies in Africa

Author

Uzukwu CSSp, Elochukwu W.

Publisher

Collegeville, Minn.: Liturgical Press

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9780814661512

Subjects

Religion, Philosophy, Christian