A Postmodern Theology Of Ritual Action
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A Postmodern Theology Of Ritual Action
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Author : Jonathan L. Best
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2019-02-26
A Postmodern Theology Of Ritual Action written by Jonathan L. Best and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-26 with Religion categories.
A Postmodern Theology of Ritual Action is a unique work that seeks to explore where we find meaning within ritual and actions within the church. Bridging hermeneutics, philosophy, and postmodern thought, this work seeks to explore how to do theology with the community through conversation. Beginning with the mindset that meaning is already present within ritual action rather than outside it, Best engages the practice of foot washing among the Original Free Will Baptist denomination of eastern North Carolina. Foot washing suggests a new future for theology, a future that models love, service, and acceptance. Incorporating insights gained from conversing with philosophy, theology, and the Original Free Will Baptists, foot washing points toward a future relational practical theology. A Postmodern Theology of Ritual Action is a captivating work that draws from both philosophers and theologians to show that we can learn much by listening to the voices of religious practitioners.
A Postmodern Theology Of Ritual Action
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Author : Jonathan Lloyd Best
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
A Postmodern Theology Of Ritual Action written by Jonathan Lloyd Best and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Baptists categories.
This work of practical theology explores the meanings of ritual action through a postmodern lens of hermeneutics and deconstruction. This work attempts to demonstrate that meaning is already present within ritual action rather than outside it. That is meaning is not imparted upon ritual action, instead meaning is already present in human action and community. Using hermeneutical tools and the openness of deconstruction, this work explores meaning within the Christian practice of foot washing among the Original Free Will Baptist (OFWB) denomination of Eastern North Carolina. This work is a theological and philosophical conversation with the OFWB and the ways in which foot washing has molded and shaped the character of the people. Through this conversation, meaning within ritual action is explored with the help of social theory and practice, phenomenology, and postmodern thought. Finally, this conversation ends with the themes of love and ecclesiology, ultimately pointing towards a future relational practical theology. Foot washing suggests a new future for theology, a future that models love, service, and acceptance.
A Postmodern Theology Of Ritual Action
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Author : Jonathan L. Best
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2019-02-26
A Postmodern Theology Of Ritual Action written by Jonathan L. Best and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-26 with Religion categories.
A Postmodern Theology of Ritual Action is a unique work that seeks to explore where we find meaning within ritual and actions within the church. Bridging hermeneutics, philosophy, and postmodern thought, this work seeks to explore how to do theology with the community through conversation. Beginning with the mindset that meaning is already present within ritual action rather than outside it, Best engages the practice of foot washing among the Original Free Will Baptist denomination of eastern North Carolina. Foot washing suggests a new future for theology, a future that models love, service, and acceptance. Incorporating insights gained from conversing with philosophy, theology, and the Original Free Will Baptists, foot washing points toward a future relational practical theology. A Postmodern Theology of Ritual Action is a captivating work that draws from both philosophers and theologians to show that we can learn much by listening to the voices of religious practitioners.
The Ideology Of Ritual
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Author : Frank H. Gorman
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 1990-01-01
The Ideology Of Ritual written by Frank H. Gorman and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-01-01 with Religion categories.
For the Priestly writers, ritual was a fundamental form of theological reflection. This study analyses the conceptual categories of space, time and status in an effort to clarify the larger cultural and conceptual categories operative in the Priestly ritual system. Drawing on interpretative models derived from cultural anthropology, the author argues that Priestly creation theology forms a necessary context for understanding the Priestly rituals.>
Religion Of The Gods
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Author : Kimberley Christine Patton
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2009-02-09
Religion Of The Gods written by Kimberley Christine Patton and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-09 with Religion categories.
In many of the world's religions, both polytheistic and monotheistic, a seemingly enigmatic and paradoxical image is found--that of the god who worships. Various interpretations of this seeming paradox have been advanced. Some suggest that it represents sacrifice to a higher deity. Proponents of anthropomorphic projection say that the gods are just "big people" and that images of human religious action are simply projected onto the deities. However, such explanations do not do justice to the complexity and diversity of this phenomenon. In Religion of the Gods, Kimberley C. Patton uses a comparative approach to take up anew a longstanding challenge in ancient Greek religious iconography: why are the Olympian gods depicted on classical pottery making libations? The sacrificing gods in ancient Greece are compared to gods who perform rituals in six other religious traditions: the Vedic gods, the heterodox god Zurvan of early Zoroastrianism, the Old Norse god Odin, the Christian God and Christ, the God of Judaism, and Islam's Allah. Patton examines the comparative evidence from a cultural and historical perspective, uncovering deep structural resonances while also revealing crucial differences. Instead of looking for invisible recipients or lost myths, Patton proposes the new category of "divine reflexivity." Divinely performed ritual is a self-reflexive, self-expressive action that signals the origin of ritual in the divine and not the human realm. Above all, divine ritual is generative, both instigating and inspiring human religious activity. The religion practiced by the gods is both like and unlike human religious action. Seen from within the religious tradition, gods are not "big people," but other than human. Human ritual is directed outward to a divine being, but the gods practice ritual on their own behalf. "Cultic time," the symbiotic performance of ritual both in heaven and on earth, collapses the distinction between cult and theology each time ritual is performed. Offering the first comprehensive study and a new theory of this fascinating phenomenon, Religion of the Gods is a significant contribution to the fields of classics and comparative religion. Patton shows that the god who performs religious action is not an anomaly, but holds a meaningful place in the category of ritual and points to a phenomenologically universal structure within religion itself.
Reading Religious Ritual With Ricoeur
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Author : Christina M. Gschwandtner
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2021-08-20
Reading Religious Ritual With Ricoeur written by Christina M. Gschwandtner and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-20 with Philosophy categories.
Reading Religious Ritual with Ricoeur: Between Fragility and Hope creates a dialogue between Ricœur’s hermeneutic philosophy and the interpretation of human ritual practices, especially as such practices are manifested within the context of Christian liturgy. In the first part of the book, Christina M. Gschwandtner shows that Ricœur’s account of religion would be deepened if it were to take into account not only the biblical texts but also forms of liturgical expression and ritual actions. She challenges Ricœur’s early reading of the symbol and second naïveté, broadens his interpretation of biblical texts and faith to consider religious actions more fully, and suggests that ritual can enhance human capacities. The second part of the book employs Ricœur’s hermeneutics in order to shed light on the analysis of liturgy, demonstrating that his accounts of truth, of the world of the text, of religious language, of the imagination, and of the formation of identity are all eminently applicable to liturgical experience. Reading Religious Ritual with Ricoeur shows that one of the most significant themes in Ricœur’s work—the tension between fragility and hope—is especially helpful for understanding what liturgy does and how it functions. Seeing how liturgy and ritual configure fragility and hope also enriches Ricœur’s account of the role and function of religion in human experience.
Christian Sacraments In A Postmodern World
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Author : Kenan B. Osborne
language : en
Publisher: Paulist Press
Release Date : 1999
Christian Sacraments In A Postmodern World written by Kenan B. Osborne and has been published by Paulist Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Electronic books categories.
Radically rethinks sacramental life and theology from the standpoint of postmodern philosophy.
Ritual Making Women
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Author : Jan Berry
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-07-05
Ritual Making Women written by Jan Berry and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-05 with Religion categories.
Ritual Making Women looks at the way in which women's making of ritual has emerged from the rapidly developing field of women's spirituality and theology. The author uses ethnographic material to explore how the construction of ritual uses story-making and embodied action to empower women. Ritual, far from being a timeless and universal practice, is shown to be a contextual and gendered performance in which women subvert conventional distinctions of private and public. The book combines narrative and case study material and draws on feminist theology and theory, social anthropology and gender studies.
Hymns And Hymnody Historical And Theological Introductions Volume 2
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Author : Mark A. Lamport
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2019-05-24
Hymns And Hymnody Historical And Theological Introductions Volume 2 written by Mark A. Lamport and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-24 with Religion categories.
Hymns and the music the church sings in worship are tangible means of expressing worship. And while worship is one of, if not the central functions of the church along with mission, service, education, justice, and compassion, and occupies a prime focus of our churches, a renewed sense of awareness to our theological presuppositions and cultural cues must be maintained to ensure a proper focus in worship. Hymns and Hymnody: Historical and Theological Introductions is a sixty-chapter, three-volume introductory textbook describing the most influential hymnists, liturgists, and musical movements of the church. This academically grounded resource evaluates both the historical and theological perspectives of the major hymnists and composers who have impacted the church over the course of twenty centuries. Volume 1 explores the early church and concludes with the Renaissance era hymnists. Volume 2 begins with the Reformation and extends to the eighteenth-century hymnists and liturgists. Volume 3 engages nineteenth century hymnists to the contemporary movements of the twenty-first century. Each chapter contains these five elements: historical background, theological perspectives communicated in their hymns/compositions, contribution to liturgy and worship, notable hymns, and bibliography. The mission of Hymns and Hymnody is (1) to provide biographical data on influential hymn writers for students and interested laypeople, and (2) to provide a theological analysis of what these composers have communicated in the theology of their hymns. We believe it is vital for those involved in leading the worship of the church to recognize that what they communicate is in fact theology. This latter aspect, we contend, is missing--yet important--in accessible formats for the current literature.
Routledge Companion To Philosophy Of Religion
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Author : Chad Meister
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-01-17
Routledge Companion To Philosophy Of Religion written by Chad Meister and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-17 with Philosophy categories.
The Routledge Companion to Philosophy of Religion, Second Edition contains nine new entries, and is an indispensable guide and reference source to the major themes, movements and topics in philosophy of religion.