Philosophies Of Liturgy

Author : J. Aaron Simmons,Bruce Ellis Benson,Neal DeRoo
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2023-06-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781350349278

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Philosophies of Liturgy by J. Aaron Simmons,Bruce Ellis Benson,Neal DeRoo Pdf

Mainstream philosophy of religion has primarily focused on the truth and justification of religious beliefs even though belief is only one small facet of religious life. This collection remedies this by taking practice and embodied action seriously as fundamental elements of any philosophy of religion. Emerging and established voices across different philosophical traditions come together to consider religious actions, including public worship, from perspectives such as trauma and social ontology, sound and silence, and knowledge and hope. Embodied religious practice is viewed through the lens of liturgy, intrinsically connecting religious rituals to human existence to show clearly that, no matter where one finds oneself in terms of the so-called 'analytic-continental' divide, philosophy of religion must be concerned with more than just beliefs if it is to adequately deal with the subject matter of 'religion.' The purpose of these studies is not to reject what has gone before but to expand the focus of philosophy of religion. This approach lays the groundwork for investigations into how beliefs are situated in our theological, moral, and social frameworks. For any philosophy of religion student or scholar interested in how thinking and living well are intimately related, this is a go-to resource. It takes seriously the importance of historical religious traditions and communities, opening the space for cross-cultural and interdisciplinary debates.

Author : Neal DeRoo,Bruce Ellis Benson,J. Aaron Simmons
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Liturgy
ISBN : 1350349291

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Philosophies of Liturgy by Neal DeRoo,Bruce Ellis Benson,J. Aaron Simmons Pdf

Mainstream philosophy of religion has primarily focused on the truth and justification of religious beliefs even though belief is only one small facet of religious life. This collection remedies this by taking practice and embodied action seriously as fundamental elements of any philosophy of religion. Emerging and established voices across different philosophical traditions come together to consider religious actions, including public worship, from perspectives such as trauma and social ontology, sound and silence, and knowledge and hope. Embodied religious practice is viewed through the lens of liturgy, intrinsically connecting religious rituals to human existence to show clearly that, no matter where one finds oneself in terms of the so-called 'analytic-continental' divide, philosophy of religion must be concerned with more than just beliefs if it is to adequately deal with the subject matter of 'religion.' The purpose of these studies is not to reject what has gone before but to expand the focus of philosophy of religion. This approach lays the groundwork for investigations into how beliefs are situated in our theological, moral, and social frameworks. For any philosophy of religion student or scholar interested in how thinking and living well are intimately related, this is a go-to resource. It takes seriously the importance of historical religious traditions and communities, opening the space for cross-cultural and interdisciplinary debates.

Author : Nicholas Wolterstorff
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780192527844

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Acting Liturgically by Nicholas Wolterstorff Pdf

Participation in religious liturgies and rituals is a pervasive and remarkably complex form of human activity. This book opens with a discussion of the nature of liturgical activity and then explores various dimensions of such activity. Over the past fifty years there has been a remarkable surge of interest, within the analytic tradition of philosophy, in philosophy of religion. Most of what has been written by participants in this movement deals with one or another aspect of religious belief. Yet for most adherents of most religions, participation in the liturgies and rituals of their religion is at least as important as what they believe. One of the aims of this book is to call the attention of philosophers of religion to the importance of religious practice and to demonstrate how rich a topic this is for philosophical reflection. Another aim is to show liturgical scholars who are not philosophers that a philosophical approach to liturgy casts an illuminating light on the topic that supplements their own approach. Insofar as philosophers have written about liturgy, they have focused most of their attention on its formative and expressive functions. This book focuses instead on understanding what liturgical agents actually do. It is what they do that functions formatively or expressively. What they do is basic.

Author : Terence Cuneo
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780191075193

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Ritualized Faith by Terence Cuneo Pdf

Central to the lives of the religiously committed are not simply religious convictions but also religious practices. The religiously committed, for example, regularly assemble to engage in religious rites, including corporate liturgical worship. Although the participation in liturgy is central to the religious lives of many, few philosophers have given it attention. In this collection of essays, Terence Cuneo turns his attention to liturgy, contending that the topic proves itself to be philosophically rich and rewarding. Taking the liturgical practices of Eastern Christianity as its focal point, Ritualized Faith examines issues such as what the ethical importance of ritualized religious activities might be, what it is to immerse oneself in such activities, and what the significance of liturgical singing and iconography are. In doing so, Cuneo makes sense of these liturgical practices and indicates why they deserve a place in the religiously committed life.

Author : Christina M. Gschwandtner
Publisher : Fordham University Press
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780823286447

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Welcoming Finitude by Christina M. Gschwandtner Pdf

What does it mean to experience and engage in religious ritual? How does liturgy structure time and space? How do our bodies move within liturgy, and what impact does it have on our senses? How does the experience of ritual affect us and shape our emotions or dispositions? How is liturgy experienced as a communal event, and how does it form the identity of those who participate in it? Welcoming Finitude explores these broader questions about religious experience by focusing on the manifestation of liturgical experience in the Eastern Christian tradition. Drawing on the methodological tools of contemporary phenomenology and on insights from liturgical theology, the book constitutes a philosophical exploration of Orthodox liturgical experience.

Author : Wm. Holtzen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0692774831

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In Spirit and in Truth by Wm. Holtzen Pdf

The essays herein are diverse yet strong. The contributors are established scholars and practitioners with a passion for both worship and philosophical reflection. The topics of exploration range widely, as do the philosophical intuitions and commitments of the essayists. This book fills a significant gap in philosophical and liturgical literature.Liturgy is about worship, ritual, devotion, and feeling. Philosophy relies upon reason, analysis, and criticism. Liturgical ideas and practices can be fruitfully explored by philosophers. Such exploration can take a variety of forms and be done by philosophers working from various philosophical traditions and intuitions. For Christian philosophers shaped by and interested in Christian liturgy, the move to explore worship and liturgy makes perfect sense.

Author : Terence Cuneo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Eastern churches
ISBN : 019181766X

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Ritualized Faith by Terence Cuneo Pdf

Although the participation in liturgy is central to the religious lives of many, few philosophers have given it attention. In this collection of essays, Terence Cuneo turns his attention to liturgy, contending that the topic proves itself to be both philosophically rich and rewarding. Taking the liturgical practices of Eastern Christianity as its focal point, Ritualized Faith examines issues such as what the ethical importance of ritualized religious activities might be, what it is to immerse oneself in such activities, and what the significance of liturgical singing and iconography are.

Author : Christina M. Gschwandtner
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781009476782

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Ways of Living Religion by Christina M. Gschwandtner Pdf

This study provides a philosophical analysis of different types of religious experience, focusing on the lived experience of religion.

Author : James G. Leachman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Human beings
ISBN : 0334041287

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The Liturgical Subject by James G. Leachman Pdf

This volume is intended to offer to church philosophers, liturgists and theologians of different schools a forum for conversation on issues of liturgy and philosophy and to enable a greater appreciation of the wealth of theologies in current Catholic writing. The potential of the Church's ministry in the world is diminished to the degree that internal dialogue is limited; more robust conversation ad intram could only strengthen the theological community in its service to the whole Church in our different countries, churches and cultures for her service to the world. The book aims to promote this internal dialogue between liturgists, theologians and church philosophers by presenting a variety of approaches to the topic of "Subject, subjectivity and the human person in contemporary liturgical discussion and critique".Rather than profiting from any weaknesses seen in others' theological or liturgical of traditions, we are called to serve them and to respond to them, for as liturgists, theologians and philosophers our mission is to serve and to develop the Church's thinking. What seems most helpful and of service to others is to give points of reference and different scenarios of what has been done and what could be done so that the bishops can decide what best to do for the mission of the church.

Author : James K. A. Smith
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441240538

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Imagining the Kingdom (Cultural Liturgies) by James K. A. Smith Pdf

How does worship work? How exactly does liturgical formation shape us? What are the dynamics of such transformation? In the second of James K. A. Smith's three-volume theology of culture, the author expands and deepens the analysis of cultural liturgies and Christian worship he developed in his well-received Desiring the Kingdom. He helps us understand and appreciate the bodily basis of habit formation and how liturgical formation--both "secular" and Christian--affects our fundamental orientation to the world. Worship "works" by leveraging our bodies to transform our imagination, and it does this through stories we understand on a register that is closer to body than mind. This has critical implications for how we think about Christian formation. Professors and students will welcome this work as will pastors, worship leaders, and Christian educators. The book includes analyses of popular films, novels, and other cultural phenomena, such as The King's Speech, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest, and Facebook.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:76810903

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The Practice of Being by Anonim Pdf

Author : Thomas P. Flint
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : UOM:39015018979883

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Christian Philosophy by Thomas P. Flint Pdf

Papers presented at the Conference on Christian and Theistic Philosophy held Feb. 25-27, 1988, at the University of Notre Dame. Faith seeks, understanding finds--Augustine's charter for Christian philosophy / Norman Kretzmann -- Justice, mercy, supererogation, and atonement / Richard L. Purtill -- Providence and the problem of evil / Eleonore Stump -- Can anybody in a post-Christian culture rationally believe in the Nicene Creed? / Alan Donagan -- The remembrance of things (not) past--philosophical reflections on Christian liturgy / Nicholas Wolterstorff -- Love and absolutes in Christian ethics / J.L.A. Garcia -- Taking St. Paul seriously--sin as an epistemological category / Merold Westphal.

Author : Albert Pike
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1497874114

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The Liturgy of the Blue Degrees by Albert Pike Pdf

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1874 Edition.

Author : Catherine Pickstock
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1997-12-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0631206728

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After Writing by Catherine Pickstock Pdf

After Writing provides a significant contribution to the growing genre of works which offers a challenge to modern and postmodern accounts of Christianity.

Author : David W. Fagerberg
Publisher : Ignatius Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781621644095

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Liturgical Dogmatics by David W. Fagerberg Pdf

How can we do dogmatics when there is an absolute difference between the Creator and the creature? God is literally indescribable: "not-able-to-be-written-down." We dare not say anything about God without his permission. We receive this permission in the liturgy that he has given us to celebrate. God is incomprehensible, but he is not unapproachable. What cannot be fully comprehended by dogma can be approached when we liturgize God. Here God has given us access to himself, encourages our advance, attracts our deepest selves, elevates our natural desire, and amplifies our longing. But he must be approached correctly, and this is also taught us in liturgy. What knowledge cannot fasten together, love can unite. There is a movement occurring between God and his children, and this divine economy is the subject matter of dogmatics. It is also exactly the definition of liturgy that this work assumes. Liturgy is the perichoresis of the Holy Trinity kenotically extended to invite our synergistic ascent into deification. The Trinity's circulation of love turns itself outward, and in humility the Son and Spirit work the Father's good pleasure for all creation, which is to invite our ascent into participation in the very life of God, which consists of glory, love, beatitude. All chapter topics in this volume are subdivisions of this single story stretching from alpha to omega, and they all turn out to be liturgical verities. What dogma stammers to state, liturgy celebrates in mystical participation. Liturgical Dogmatics therefore examines dogma in light of liturgy. The whole sweeping, saving activity of God, as described by dogma, is the subject of this book.