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Incursion in the pragmatic psychological basis of liminality and inclusion in Late Antique baptism. Insights and parallels between psychology and history of design

Title in English Incursion in the pragmatic psychological basis of liminality and inclusion in Late Antique baptism. Insights and parallels between psychology and history of design
Authors

IVANOVICI Dan-Vladimir PELOWSKI Matthew

Year of publication 2018
Type Appeared in Conference without Proceedings
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Description The paper discusses architectural, decorative, and ritual factors pertaining to the design of late antique baptism; an experience meant to mark an outsider’s acceptance into the Christian Church. The authors argue that the transition was enacted by moving initiates through stages of seclusion and, subsequently, inclusion into the group. The characteristics of the ritual experience are addressed from the point of view of modern psychology, which studied similar phenomena, and can be used to better appreciate the ancient design decisions that appear intuitively created but are often derived from years of earlier religious practice. The analysis incorporates the results of recent studies which identified various manners in which a feeling of liminality was constructed in similar mise-en-scenes, both in traditional societies and contemporaneity.
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