Ritual failure in Romans 6
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Ritual failure in Romans 6 | |
| Creator | Smit, Peter-Ben | |
| Description | Ritual studies are slow to make a large impact on New Testament studies, despite a number of notable exceptions. This notwithstanding, rituals occur frequently in the New Testament, in particular when there is a problem with a ritual. In this article, recent anthropological work on ‘ritual failure’ is used to address Paul’s discussion of Roman practices concerning baptism in relation to a person’s walk of life and to argue that this can be understood well as a case of ’ritual failure,’ in which a ritual fails, from Paul’s perspective, to achieve what it should. This leads both to challenging the attitude of the Romans concerning baptism and to a reconsideration of its significance. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2016-08-05 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/hts.v72i4.3237 | |
| Source | HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies; Vol 72, No 4 (2016); 13 pages 2072-8050 0259-9422 | |
| Language | eng | |
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https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/3237/7636
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