Anthropology and liturgical theology : searching for a compatible methodology / Kevin Seasoltz--Life-cycle events, civil ritual and the christian / Aidan Kavanagh--Human maturation and christian symbols / Joachim Scharfenberg--Ritual and criticism of ritual in the Old Testament / Erich Zenger--Is the Easter vigil a rite of passage? / Anthonius Scheer--The churching of women after childbirth / Walter Von Arx--The liturgy of the dead as a rite of passage / philippe Rouillard--The F̀our sacraments' of popular religiosity : a critique / Dionisio Borobio--The odyssey of man in Christ / David Power--Controversy on the age of confirmation as a typical example of conflict between the criteria of theology and the demands of pastoral practice / Gunter Biemer.