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Ritual failure in Romans 6
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Ritual studies are slow to make a large impact on New Testament studies, despite a number of notable exceptions. This notwithstanding, rituals occur frequently in the New Testament, in particular when there is a problem with a ritual. In this article, recent anthropological work on ‘ritual failure’ is used to address Paul’s discussion of Roman practices concerning baptism in relation to a person’s walk of life and to argue that this can be understood well as a case of ’ritual failure,’ in which a ritual fails, from Paul’s perspective, to achieve what it should. This leads both to challenging the attitude of the Romans concerning baptism and to a reconsideration of its significance.
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- Authors
- Smit, P.-B.
- Affiliations
- Utrecht University (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Smit, Peter-Ben
- ORCID
- Smit, Peter-Ben
- Venue
- HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies
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- AOSIS
- Published
- 2016-05-31
- Volume
- 72
- Issue
- 4
- ISSN
- 0259-9422 (ISSN-L)
- 2072-8050
- OpenAlex
- W2483012170
- Cited by
- 3
- References
- 54
- Citations by year
- 2019: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 15.30
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
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- Locations
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- VU Research Portal (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Biblical Studies and Interpretation
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Study and Philosophy of Religion
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Karl Barth and Christian Theology
- Keywords
- ritual failure, Romans 6, Pauline theology, baptism, anthropology of ritual
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