Revelation and autonomy in context: confirmation as a ritual of family process

Jonathan H Gerard

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Revelation and autonomy in context: confirmation as a ritual of family process

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Jonathan H Gerard. Revelation and Autonomy In Context: Confirmation As a Ritual of Family Process. Andover Newton Theological School. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/b3cef935-7cc3-4648-86ce-68960cc57bbf?locale=en.

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J. H. Gerard. Revelation and autonomy in context: confirmation as a ritual of family process. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/b3cef935-7cc3-4648-86ce-68960cc57bbf?locale=en

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Jonathan H Gerard. Revelation and Autonomy In Context: Confirmation As a Ritual of Family Process. Andover Newton Theological School. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/b3cef935-7cc3-4648-86ce-68960cc57bbf?locale=en.

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Jonathan H Gerard

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Abstract

This project considers autonomy and heteronomy ('revelation') as a dialectical tension in the life of adolescents. It describes and evaluates the rise, development, and purpose of confirmation in Reform Judaism. It surveys revelation as a category of Jewish religious thought. It discusses autonomy in theories of human development (especially that of Murray Bowen) and as a modern religious category. It concludes by tying the strands of history, theology, and family systems theory together in a confirmation ceremony that functions as a ritual of family process, marking a new stage in the relationship between parent and teenager.

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