Lifecycle Ritual

rituals that mark rites of passage in the biological and sociological cycle of human life

• Ritual Analysis

• Lifecycle Ritual

• Calendrical Ritual

• Van Gennep Analysis

a Belgian anthropologist who observed that many rituals follow a tripartite pattern in which there are components of separation, transition, and reincorporation

• Van Gennep

• Turner

• Lovatt

• Terence

a state of transition between one stage and the next, especially between major stages in one's life or during a rite of passage

• Communitas

• Transitional Phase

• Hidden Meaning

• Liminality

intense community spirit and solidarity

• Liminality

• Spirituality

• Transitional Phase

• Communitas

meaning that can be observed by the outsider and refers to the purpose of the ritual in society

• Operational

• Positional

• Hidden

• Communitas

make judgments; examine and determine the merit, value or significance of something, based on criteria

• Evaluate

• Draw Conclusions

• Analyse

• Explain

identify the difference/s in or between two or more things; distinguish, discriminate; recognise or ascertain what makes something distinct from similar things;

• Draw Conclusions

• Evaluate

• Differentiate

• Analyse

examine or consider something in order to explain and interpret it, for the purpose of finding meaning or relationships and identifying patterns, similarities and differences

• Evaluate

• Analyse

• Differentiate

• Different

Features of a ritual that change depending on the culture in which they are performed in. i.e Hindu wedding in either Indian culture or Malaysian culture.

• Particularity

• Diversity

• Culture

• Lifecycle Ritual

modern Australian theologian who has devised a five step model to understand rituals

• Turner

• Victor

• Lovatt

• Van Gennep