Oscillating between structure and communitas: A model of ecumenical theory and practice following Victor Turner Oszillieren zwischen struktur und communitas: Ein modell ökumenischer theorie und praxis im anschluss an victor turner

Teuchert L (2019)


Publication Type: Journal article, Review article

Publication year: 2019

Journal

Book Volume: 79

Pages Range: 291-299

Journal Issue: 4

DOI: 10.14315/evth-2019-790408

Abstract

Thirty years ago, the first German translation of Victor Turner's»The Ritual Process: Structure and Anti-Structure« was published. Since then, it has had a wide influence, amongst others, in Practical Theology. But also for interpreting the current ecumenical situation, Turner's theory of ritual has great potential. In this essay, this situation is interpreted with Turner's concept of liminality which oscillates between structure and anti-structure or communitas. From this point of view, there is no unfortunate gap between the ecumenism of doctrinal consensus and the ecumenism of experience. Rather, both are part of a necessary dialectical process oscillating between structure (denomination, doctrine, office) and communitas (experienced community of unity). Within this»phase change«, ecumenism remains both stable and innovative.

How to cite

APA:

Teuchert, L. (2019). Oscillating between structure and communitas: A model of ecumenical theory and practice following Victor Turner Oszillieren zwischen struktur und communitas: Ein modell ökumenischer theorie und praxis im anschluss an victor turner. Evangelische Theologie, 79(4), 291-299. https://doi.org/10.14315/evth-2019-790408

MLA:

Teuchert, Lisanne. "Oscillating between structure and communitas: A model of ecumenical theory and practice following Victor Turner Oszillieren zwischen struktur und communitas: Ein modell ökumenischer theorie und praxis im anschluss an victor turner." Evangelische Theologie 79.4 (2019): 291-299.

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