Ultimately, rites of passage foreshadow, anticipate, and echo the true rite of passage: baptism. The baptismal liturgy in the Book of Common Prayer specifies that, just before baptizing, “the ...

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Two Rites of Passage in “Black Slide” In Uri Lotan’s animated short, a teen-age boy musters the courage to face a giant waterslide, and a serious loss. Film by Uri Lotan Text by Eric Nelson ...