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Ritual failure in Romans 6

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Smit, Peter-Ben·2016·HTS Teologiese Studies / Theological Studies
DOI 10.4102/hts.v72i4.3237
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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
Publisher
AOSIS
Published
2016-05-31
Volume
72
Issue
4
ISSN
  • 0259-9422 (ISSN-L)
  • 2072-8050
DOI
10.4102/hts.v72i4.3237
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
Licence
cc-by
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  • VU Research Portal (submittedVersion, other-oa)
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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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