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25679
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English
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"Those Who Receive You Not" : The Rite of Wiping Dust Off the Feet
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By our Rites of Worship : Latter-day Saint views on ritual in scripture, history, and practice
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Provo, UT; Salt Lake City, UT
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The Religious Studies Center, BYU; Deseret Book Company
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209-260
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For the Latter-day Saint, much of our ritual experience is historically related, either formally or by tradition, to similar practices performed in past dispensations. There are times, however, when the ancient practice and the modern version are not the same, either in actual performance or even in meaning. My paper addresses this particular challenge through one specific ritual—shaking or wiping the dust off one’s feet and its place within the missionary environment. [Daniel Belnap]