“There Is No Official Divorce Ritual in the Church”—Challenging a Mantra by Ritual Design

Autor(en)

Bernhard Lauxmann

Abstrakt

End-of-relationship rituals are not respected within Protestant churches. Therefore, many church websites emphasize that there are no official divorce rituals to this day. This is despite the fact that there are numerous impulses for divorce rituals, some of which are also firmly established in church practice. Practitioners who devote themselves to these rituals often have to be innovative. This article presents three unpublished drafts for separation rituals, which are understood as expressions of ritual design. Experiences from academic teaching show that the field divorce rituals is particularly suitable for initiating learning processes on ritual design, a skill of great importance for future pastors. Although divorce rituals are unpopular now, they are likely to become part of the standard repertoire of churches soon.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Praktische Theologie und Religionspsychologie

Journal

Religions

Band

14

Anzahl der Seiten

23

DOI

https://doi.org/10.3390/rel14020137

Publikationsdatum

02-2023

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

603219 Praktische Theologie, 603212 Liturgiewissenschaft, 605004 Kulturwissenschaft

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Religious studies

Link zum Portal

https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/de/publications/there-is-no-official-divorce-ritual-in-the-churchchallenging-a-mantra-by-ritual-design(f8ccc1de-4821-4537-b2df-1b74d6180597).html