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The Psychosocial Effects of Religiously Traditional Rites of Passage

Kathrin Rothenberg-Elder (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XII, 276 Seiten

2023 | 1st ed. 2023
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH (Verlag)
978-3-658-39950-4 (ISBN)

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Life is full of transitions. These transitions have to be addressed, shaped, processed and integrated into our lives in some way. Regardless of the belief in a God, traditional structures always come into view, here especially religiously traditional rites of passage such as baptism and circumcision, communion and bar mitzvah, marriage as well as convalescence, death and funeral rites. What is the psychological function of religiously traditional rites of passage today? This question will be investigated with the help of interactive interviews with functionaries and members of the religious communities of all three monotheistic currents in Northern Europe, flanked by two interviews with atheists.

Kathrin Rothenberg-Elder, grew up in Niger, Algeria and Germany; studied psychology, practical theology and modern German literature, doctorate on Christian threshold rituals. Professor of psychology at the diploma university (focus on social and environmental psychology), numerous exhibitions as a photographer at home and abroad (focus on interreligious dialogue) and publications as an author (focus on specialist literature and poetry).

Clarification of the term rite of passage, threshold, discussion of the psychological question.- Psychological function of religiously traditional threshold rituals.- Methodology: Explanation of the methodological procedure and the evaluation structures.- Analysis of the interviews.- Summary and conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum	27.04.2023
Zusatzinfo	XII, 276 p.
Verlagsort	Wiesbaden
Sprache	englisch
Original-Titel	Abschied und Neubeginn
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	379 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
Schlagworte	Atheism • climate change • Islam • Judaism • Palliative • Rites • social change processes
ISBN-10	3-658-39950-3 / 3658399503
ISBN-13	978-3-658-39950-4 / 9783658399504
Zustand	Neuware