Search

Your search for 'dc_creator:( "Gerlitz, Peter" ) OR dc_contributor:( "Gerlitz, Peter" )' returned 1 result. Modify search

Did you mean: dc_creator:( "gerlitz, peter" ) OR dc_contributor:( "gerlitz, peter" )

Sort Results by Relevance | Newest titles first | Oldest titles first

Confession

(2,836 words)

Author(s): Gerlitz, Peter | Ohst, Martin | Sattler, Dorothea | Root, Michael | Ivanov, Vladimir | Et al.
[German Version] I. Religious Studies – II. Church History – III. Dogmatics – IV. Practical Theology – V. Missiology I. Religious Studies Confession and absolution, expressive of the substantiality of guilt (I) and the impact of the spoken word with its magico-ritual power, are among the “most widespread means of structured confrontation of the ego with itself” (Hahn & Knapp, 7). They appear already in tribal societies (Kikuyu, Nuer, Acholi in East Africa) as part of purificati…
Source: Religion Past and Present