The Scottish ethnologist, Victor Turner's (1920-1983) theory of ritual procedure with its central themes of >liminality< and >communitas<, have been taken up by theologians in the last fifteen years. His theory is sketched here with reference to its reception in Pastoral Theology. The >Taufbuch< (2000) of the Evangelical United Church in Germany (EKU) shows the advantages of this theory for an analysis of baptismal procedure as a liminal process, liminoid procession, and social drama. Using Turner's theoretical framework, the article proposes to understand Pastoral Theology as a theological theory of cultural practice and experience in the church.

Enthalten in:
Theologische Literaturzeitung; 2003/Nr.6 Monatsschrift für das gesamte Gebiet der Theologie und Religionswissenschaft (2003)

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Serie / Reihe: Theologische Literaturzeitung

Personen: Schroeter-Wittke, Harald

Schlagwörter: Kultur Theologie Lebenslaufforschung Turner, Victor