Rite

An important rite of passage that has held the most significance for me is when I had gotten baptized and then took my first communion. Baptisms are important to the Catholic religion. Getting baptized means you are officially entering the Catholic church. Ordinarily, children get baptized into the Catholic church when they are infants, but my mother decided to have me baptized when I was eight years old. My parents, grandparents, and soon-to-be godparents were attending my baptism. It took a…

Rite of Passage A Rite of Passage is something that everyone experiences in their lives at some point. Some may not recognize that they are going through it, but will affect them greatly. It could be a moment that is special or life changing. Anthropologists have found that across different cultures, rites of passage follow a three-stage process that can be said to be universally human, arising from the core of human nature to contact with Mother Nature. We call these stages severance,…

Just like Little Red Riding Hood and The Rite of Spring, the red fabric represents Aya’s identity in our devised piece. At the start of the performance, the red fabric was worn as if it was a hijab, implying that the red fabric was Aya’s identity. Her identity and her nationality are what bring her the menacing fate, shown through the versatile use of the fabric. It was served to display a flag, bloody sky, bloody road, and clothing, etc. It was also used as a jail. When Aya talked about the…

The Conformation is the last of the three initiation rites (the first two being Baptism and the First Holy Communion). In the sacrament of confirmation, “the faithful are sealed with the gift of the Holy Spirit and are strengthened in their Christian life” (“Confirmation” 1). In other words, the purpose of…

The movie, Snowpiercer, directed by Bong Joon-Ho is about economic inequality, where the individuals in the tail-section are being treated miserably by others living in the front section of the train. Bong uses various religious theories from Religion: The Basics, in order to point out his message. In the Snowpiercer, Malory Nye’s theory on power is shown through the character development of Wilford, him arranging the people in a specific way confirms that theory. Richard Gombrich’s theory on…

Priestly Celibacy Certainly, celibacy, as a disciplinary norm of the Roman Catholic Church, is often subject to scrutiny and analysis in the modern age. It is due to the differences that occur within our communities and the divisions. These differences and divisions are often caused by the disapproval of some of those who have freely embraced the so-called priestly ministry in our Church. However, most of the time the ecclesiastical practice of priestly celibacy is not discussed under the right…

weather. Even her brother, the hunter, transformed into a mountain lion and kept Tayo from capture by the cowboys. The idea that everything’s spirit connects it to everything else supports a key concept to the Laguna people’s magic and religion. Tayo’s rite of passage from agony to peace followed the steps outline in our textbook perfectly. First, after his modern ritual performed by Betonie, Tayo goes to Mount Taylor initiating the isolation phase. The liminal phase followed, showing Tayo’s…

accomplices. This rite of passage shows that Jem is no longer thinking solely about himself and through this potentially dangerous rite of passage; Jem has evolved his inner character. Many adolescents in our modern society also go through this rite of passage in their life; their core values become clear when they must risk their something of their own in order to help others. Courage to help others, for example, is a core virtue which is highly admirable to have, it may be developed through…

The Great Rite is something that is shrouded in misconceptions and misinformation, which has led to many not truly understanding what the greater meaning is. However to truly understand how these misconceptions came about and how culture has evolved it is important to look at the deeper symbolic nature of the Great Rite. Simply put, it is a ritual that celebrates life and specifically fertility, and important part of the cycles of nature. This ritual may be preformed in many different ways all…

Van Gennep (1960) was concern with the social movement of individuals and societies, as well as with the mechanisms they use to ensure social stability during these times of change. These rites of passage were defined as the stages of separation, transition, and incorporation (Tinto, 1993) by Van Gennep, and used by Tinto. The first stage, separation, requires the individual to disassociate from the old environment (family, friends, high…