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Publication details [#42165]

Borker, Ruth A. 1986. 'Moved by the Spirit': constructing meaning in a Brethren Breaking of Bread service. Text 6 (3) : 317–337.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

ceremony | meaning | religion | speech | symbol

Place, Publisher

Mouton

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.de/journals/order/en.start.html

Annotation

This comparison of two Breaking of Bread services at a Scottish Brethren assembly reveals the active role played by symbols in the creation of speech events and their meaning.