Thesis (Th. M.)--Dallas Theological Seminary, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 70-73).

Cette thèse porte sur l’évolution des cérémonies publiques impériales dans le monde romain tardif, thème qui nous a semblé fondamental pour la compréhension des institutions politiques de l’Empire Romain des IVe-VIIe s. Ces évolutions comptent sans doute parmi les plus importantes mutations qu'a connues le monde romain de l'Antiquité Tardive, puisqu'elles touchent le pouvoir suprême et son aura à l'intérieur de la société. L’objectif majeur du cérémonial est d’exalter l’empereur, de manifester sa gloire triomphale et sa sacralité – voire sa sainteté après l’adoption du christianisme – ainsi que de magnifier et célébrer le pouvoir d’origine divine qu’il détenait. Notre propos sera de montrer comment on passe d’un Empereur, princeps senatus, qui cherche à maintenir une fiction républicaine pour masquer le caractère monarchique de son pouvoir et qui est l’incarnation du passé romain ; à un empereur qui est l’élu de Dieu, affirmant un pouvoir monarchique avec le soutien de l’Eglise. Trois axes ont guidé notre recherche : La centralité du rôle de l’empereur dans l’évolution des cérémonies publiques. L’importance de l’intégration de l’empereur dans le système cérémoniel de l’Eglise et celle de l’intégration du clergé et principalement de l’évêque dans le système cérémoniel de l’empire. L’importance du fait barbare sur le phénomène cérémoniel. Dans l’Antiquité tardive on voit clairement des influences et des acculturations réciproques au niveau des cérémonies, mais aussi des formes de rejet de ces changements caractéristique des évolutions culturelles de la période. / This thesis focuses on the evolution of imperial public ceremonies in the late Roman world, a theme that seemed fundamental to the understanding of the political institutions of the Roman Empire of the fourth to seventh centuries. These developments are without doubt among the most important changes that have taken the world of Late Roman Antiquity, as they reach the supreme power and aura within society. The main objective of the ceremonies is to exalt the emperor, to manifest his triumphal rulership and his sacrality - even his holiness after the adoption of christianism - and to magnify and celebrate the divine power he held. Our purpose is to show how we shift from an emperor, princeps senatus, which seeks to maintain a republican fiction to hide the monarchical nature of his power, and is the epitome of Roman history ; to an emperor who is elected by God. Three axes have guided our research: The centrality of the role of the emperor in the evolution of public ceremonies. The importance of the integration of the emperor in the ceremonial system of the Church and the integration of the clergy and especially the bishop in the ceremonial system of the empire. The importance of the barbars on the ceremonial phenomenon. In Late antiquity we can clearly seen influences and mutual acculturation in the ceremonies, but also forms of rejection of these paradigmatic changes of the cultural evolutions of the period.

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viii, 91 p. A print copy of this thesis is available through the UO Libraries. Search the library catalog for the location and call number. / Caribbean cultural ideas and values placed on death and mourning, especially in relation to cultural roles women are expected to perform, are primary motivating factors in the development of female self and identity in Caribbean women's literature. Based on analysis of three texts, QPH, Annie John, and Beyond the Limbo Silence, I argue that notions of death and funerary rituals are employed within Caribbean women's literature to (re)connect protagonist females to their homeland and secure a sense of identity. In addition, while some texts highlight the necessity of prescribing to the socially constructed roles of women within the ritual context and rely on the uproper" adherence to the traditional process to maintain the status quo, other texts show that the inversion or subversion of these traditions is also an important aspect of funerary rituals and notions of death that permeate contemporary Caribbean culture. / Committee in Charge: Dr. Dianne Dugaw, Folklore; Dr. Lisa Gilman, English; Dr. Phil Scher, Anthropology

Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / D.Th. (Missiology)

The purpose of the thesis is to examine the relationship between social structure and ritual. It is based on data collected in a peasant village in Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh, South India, over a period of twenty-three months 1970-1972). In this village, in which Gavara farmers are the dominant caste, the formal organizing principles of the society are hierarchy and interdependence. A detailed statistical survey of the realities of the society reveals that these principles, while on the whole upheld, are constantly under challenge. Women constantly challenge male dominance in domestic economic affairs and disputes and also play a major role in the high degree of marital instability and divorce. Brothers pursue their own households' interests to the detriment of their interdependent co-operation with each other. Between castes, economic relations do not always conform to a strictly hierarchical pattern. The caste hierarchy itself is a mass of discrepant unreciprocated claims. In the face of these violations and contradictory pressures it is ritual activity and its symbolism which define and uphold the formal conventions of social hierarchy and interdependence. This is achieved through the constant repetition of symbols of respect and in the principal ritual act, puja. This symbolic acting out of hierarchy is thus presented through rituals as the epitome of morality itself. The subordinate role of women is similarly defined by ritual concepts. The woman who is subordinated to her husband is virtuous and auspicious. A woman who becomes a widow is no longer subordinate to an elder male and is inauspicious. Performances of rituals of the major agricultural festivals foster ideal models of inter-caste cooperation by activating responsibilities for castes to participate interdependently. They are, however, also occasions through which numerous political and economic rivalries find expression.

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This paper seeks to continue the research started by scholars such as W. Liebeschuetz and P. Bell in order to challenge the traditional argument put forth by Al. Cameron, namely that the circus factions did not have a political role in society. The objective of this study is to examine the political importance of the circus factions from the reign of Anastasius (491-518) to Heraclius (610-641). Furthermore, it explores the political motivations behind the factions’ violent behaviour, the evidence for their involvement in the military, and their role in accession ceremonies. The methodology includes establishing a typology for sixth century riots, an examination of the hippodrome and its role as a medium between people and emperor, tracing the shift in the focus of imperial ideology, and a re-evaluation of the primary sources, with a focus on the literary and epigraphic evidence, to determine if there was a political aspect to the factions. The study concludes that Cameron did undervalue the factions’ political importance and outlines the conditions that were influential in their rise in importance.

Esta dissertação propõe-se a fazer um mapeamento e um exercício das possibilidades de pesquisa sobre a atividade cerimonial dos índios Mebengokre (Kayapó), particularmente do subgrupo conhecido como Xikrin do Cateté, do sudoeste do Pará. A partir de uma revisão bibliográfica sobre a expressão músico-ritual indígena e sobre os processos sócio-cosmológicos que a sustentam, os principais temas explorados no trabalho giram em torno da noção xikrin de pessoa, sua construção, classificação e transformação. O pano de fundo do trabalho é a hipótese, presente na literatura, de que a produção da identidade mebengokre congrega variados domínios espaço-temporais e, possivelmente, diferentes alteridades do cosmo. Na primeira parte desta dissertação, acompanho duas discussões: (1) o lugar da \"música\" nos estudos antropológicos da experiência indígena e (2) os trabalhos sobre os Mebengokre à luz dos debates contemporâneos em torno da etnologia amazônica. Ambas as discussões convergem para a possibilidade da hipótese acima mencionada. Na segunda parte, exploro três contextos nos quais se verifica o jogo identidade-alteridade na construção da pessoa, especialmente de seu corpo: (1) as noções relacionadas às faculdades sensitivas do corpo e a maneira como elas fazem a mediação com diferentes domínios sócio-cosmológicos; (2) as possibilidades ou impossibilidades, ao longo do ciclo de vida, de um indivíduo se relacionar com a alteridade; e (3) o contexto coletivo no qual esses contatos potencializam-se: ao longo dos períodos cerimoniais. / This dissertation is intended to be a mapping out of, and an exercise in, the research possibilities on the ceremonial activity of the Mebengokre (Kayapó) Native Brazilians, especially the subgroup known as Xikrin do Cateté, in southeastern Pará, Brazil. Based on a bibliographical revision on the music-ritualistic Native Brazilian expression and on the socio-cosmological processes which support it, the main themes dealt with in this paper revolve around the Xikrin notion of person, his or her construction, classification and transformation. The backdrop of this paper is the hypothesis, present in the literature, that the production of the Mebengokre identity congregates various spatial-temporal dominions and possibly different alteritys of the cosmos. In the first part of this dissertation, I accompany two discussions: (1) the place of \"music\" in the anthropological studies on Native Brazilian experience and (2) the papers on the Mebengokre in light of contemporary debates on the Amazonian ethnology. Both discussions converge to the possibility of the above-mentioned hypothesis. In the second part, I explore three contexts in which the identity-alterity in the construction of the person, especially one\'s body, is verified: (1) the notions related to the sensitive faculties of the body and the manner in which they take measure with different socio-cosmological dominions, (2) the possibilities or impossibilities, throughout the cycle of life, of an individual having a relationship with his or her alterity, and (3) the collective context in which these contacts become potentialized throughout the ceremonial periods.