|
Books > Christianity > Christian liturgy, prayerbooks & hymnals
|
Buy Now
When I Was a Child - Children's Interpretations of First Communion (Paperback, New edition)
Loot Price: R903
Discovery Miles 9 030
|
|
|
When I Was a Child - Children's Interpretations of First Communion (Paperback, New edition)
Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days
|
Listening to children's understandings of a ritual First Communion
is generally understood as a rite of passage in which seven- and
eight-year-old Catholic children transform from baptized
participants in the Church to members of the body of Christ, the
universal Catholic Church. This official Church account, however,
ignores what the rite actually may mean to its participants. In
When I Was a Child, Susan Ridgely Bales demonstrates that the
accepted understanding of a religious ritual can shift dramatically
when one considers the often neglected perspective of child
participants. Bales followed Faith Formation classes and
interviewed communicants, parents, and priests in an African
American parish and in a parish containing both white and Latino
congregations. By letting the children speak for themselves through
their words, drawings, and actions, When I Was a Child stresses the
importance of rehearsal, the centrality of sensory experiences, and
the impact of expectations in the communicants' interpretations of
the Eucharist. In the first sustained ethnographic study of how
children interpret and help shape their own faith, Bales finds that
children's perspectives give new contours to the traditional
understanding of a common religious ritual. Ultimately, she argues,
scholars of religion should consider age as distinct a factor as
race, class, and gender in their analyses.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
