Communitasand Contestation in a university evangelical group
The liminal phase and levels of structure
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3609750 |
|---|---|
| Authors | E Dutton (0000-0003-0321-6846, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 139-156 |
| Publication date | 2010-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Acta Ethnographica Hungarica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1216-9803 • E-ISSN: 1588-2586 |
| Publisher | Akademiai Kiado Zrt (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1556/aethn.55.2010.1.9 |
| OpenAlex | W2110351689 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 18 |
This article will attempt to reconcile Turner’s Communitas -based understanding of the liminal phase with the various forms of the Contestation Model propounded by his critics. It will argue that these models can, apparently, be reconciled if the given liminal phase is examined in terms of level and that this is most apparent when examining an initiation ritual rather than a pilgrimage. The article will draw upon detailed fieldwork with an evangelical student group operating in the highly liminal environment of Oxford University. It will demonstrate, notably in relation to the issue of social class, that each level of structure leads to communitas in which a further level of structure develops. Hence, it will be argued that there is concomitantly structure and anti-structure on each level of the multilayered university and university-evangelical-group experience. The article will appreciate that further research will of course be required to develop this idea theoretically and practically and will recommend future research in this regard
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Communitas · Epistemology · Liminality · Pilgrimage · Sociology · Anthropology · Christian Theology and Mission · Computer Science · Gender Studies · History · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious Tourism and Spaces
The ritual process
Contesting the sacred
The emerging church
The Church on the World's Turf
Evangelicalism in Modern Britain
Collective Effervescence and Communitas
Crop-tops, Hipsters and Liminality
The Rise of the Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union , 1910–1971
Post-Industrial Society
General/Theoretical Anthropology
Purity and Danger
General and Theoretical
Tolerant Evangelism. A Student Evangelical Group in a ‘Tolerant’ Culture
Liminality and Communitas Reconsidered
Class, Community, and Costume in an Andalusian Pilgrimage
From Ritual to Theatre
Do you believe in pilgrimage
Why People Turn to Religion
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |