죽음과 재생의 안식일 의례에 관한 종교학적 고찰 -제 칠일 안식일 예수 재림교회를 중심으로-

Abstract

The Purposes of this thesis are two kinds: One is to analyze the dynamic application and performance of death-regeneration ritual in our highly divided society today; the other is to explore the process of making some meanings in the ritual process. To meet this question, two different, but interrelated tasks should be done: Firstly, a couple of adventist doctrines, that is to say, their teaching about human body and death problem, have to be studied roughly, and then through an academic approach to ritual problem, the historical and theoretical arrangement of ritual theories has to be epitomized. And lastly, the practical adventist healthcare program, so-called New Start program, has to be compared with 'Isoma' ritual in Ndembu tribe. From sabbath day to Sabbath ritual, some divergent meanings Sabbath implies are expanded, and adventists put Sabbath ritual into the center of their worship ceremony and utilize it as means of mission work.