by Jean Holm, John Bowker · ISBN 5601072065017
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«Ritos de Passagem» is an essay on religious rites by Jean Holm and John Bowker, published by Publicações Europa-América (201 pages, in Portuguese).
It examines different religious traditions around rites of passage: birth, initiation, marriage and death. It highlights their meaning for the individual, the family and the community, their role in the formation of identity and in the world where they are practiced, and addresses ceremonies about human nature, destiny and ultimate reality.
Work from the Estudos Religiosos collection, coordinated by Jean Holm and John Bowker, with ISBN 972-1-04074-6.
For students of religious studies and readers interested in the comparative analysis of spiritual traditions.
