From Beginning to End: The Rituals of Our Lives - Couverture souple

Fulghum, Robert

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0712672907 ISBN 13 : 9780712672900

Editeur : Rider & Co, 1996

Synopsis

This work illustrates how ritual transforms the ordinary into the sacred in life. It looks at public rituals, like weddings and sales meetings, and private rituals such as saying grace at the start of a meal, and examines how these bring structure and meaning to everyday life.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

FROM BEGINNING TO END
Why "rituals"?
My thinking was set in motion by those who, knowing I was a parish minister for many years, have asked me for advice about ceremonies and celebrations. They wanted words to use at graduations, funerals, and the welcoming of children. They inquired about grace at family meals, the reaffirmation of wedding vows, and ways to heal wounds suffered in personal conflict. People requested help with the rituals of solitude, such as meditation, prayer, and contemplation. . . .
Rituals do not always involve words, occasions, officials, or an audience. Rituals are often silent, solitary, and self-contained. The most powerful rites of passage are reflective--when you look back on your life again and again, paying attention to the rivers you have crossed and the gates you have opened and walked on through, the thresholds you have passed over.
I see ritual when people sit together silently by an open fire.
Remembering.
As human beings have remembered for thousands and thousands of years.
FULGHUM
From the Paperback edition.

Biographie de l'auteur

Robert Fulghum is a writer, philosopher, and public speaker, but he has also worked as a cowboy, a folksinger, an IBM salesman, a professional artist, a parish minister, a bartender, a teacher of drawing and painting, and a father. All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten has inspired numerous theater pieces that have captivated audiences across the country. Fulghum is also the author of many New York Times bestsellers, including It Was on Fire When I Lay Down on It, Uh-Oh, and Maybe (Maybe Not), as well as two plays: All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten and Uh-Oh, Here Comes Christmas. He has also written two novels: Third Wish and If You Love Me Still, Will You Love Me Moving?

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Rider & Co
• Date d'édition: 1996
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0712672907
• ISBN 13: 9780712672900
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible