Bibliograph

Welcoming finitude, toward a phenomenology of Orthodox liturgy, Christina M. Gschwandtner

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Label

Welcoming finitude, toward a phenomenology of Orthodox liturgy, Christina M. Gschwandtner

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Welcoming finitude

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Christina M. Gschwandtner

Series statement

Orthodox Christianity and contemporary thought

Sub title

toward a phenomenology of Orthodox liturgy

Summary

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

Target audience

adult

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