The Message of the Rite: The Significance of Christian Rites of Passage
- ISBN-10
- 0718827090
- ISBN-13
- 9780718827090
- Pages
- 112
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1988
- Publisher
- Lutterworth Press
- Author
- Roger Grainger
Description
The major rituals of the Church act as staging posts through life. They are the "rites of passage" of the Christian life; dividing our lives and the lives of those around us into distinct parts. Roger Grainger examines these rituals, in the light of anthropological study, and shows how the structure of the rite itself echoes the change that the rite celebrates.
