Sentences with phrase «symbolic ritual»

With some creative thinking, such symbolic rituals of death and resurrection could be performed in nearly all cultures for any burial ceremony.

If not, is there some other symbolic ritual that might accomplish the same purpose as baptism, but which is more universally recognized?

Though alternatives will be suggested below, it may be that there is no better symbolic ritual which so wonderfully depicts the idea of being buried with Christ and being raised to a new life in Him.

Choose aspects of Community, like creating a school creed, creating symbolic rituals, and celebrating your students.

Under a veil of mystery, these figures perform symbolic rituals and communicate in an unknown language, perform traditional dances and follow certain rules of a community.

Lighting the kinara is one Kwanzaa's most symbolic rituals.

Like «not wearing a cross necklace «for the first time; or «not attending church but once a month»; or wearing a «provocative outfit»; or «watching a movie that is above PG - 13 ′, and other symbolic rituals that say, «I want to own my philosophical journey... indeed, by doing this, I remind myself that I own my journey.»

Like any symbolic ritual, it began, flooded out way too often, and then swung back to normality.

These symbolic rituals could be adopted today in lieu of water baptism which might do a better job of representing our full identification with Jesus Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection, and which, when we undergo them, would cause people who know us and observe what we are doing, to ask us why we would perform such a bizarre and morbid action.

These are a few examples of symbolic rituals that could be adopted today in lieu of water baptism which might do a better job of representing our full identification with Jesus Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection, and which, when we undergo them, would cause people who know us and observe what we are doing, to ask us why we would perform such a bizarre and morbid action.

What we have seen throughout this survey of Scriptures on baptism is that water baptism was a symbolic ritual in biblical times which everybody understood, even those who were not followers of Jesus.

In a highly metaphorical action, Paci encounters more than 700 people, turning an everyday gesture into a symbolic ritual.

The characters are arranged on the tabletop in a sacred circle, a symbolic ritual that reiterates strength, healing and inclusiveness.

They're loaded with family expectations, symbolic rituals, financial pressures, and competing priorities.