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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793730103321

Autore

Gschwandtner Christina M. <1974->

Titolo

Welcoming Finitude : Toward a Phenomenology of Orthodox Liturgy / / Christina M. Gschwandtner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Fordham University Press, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

0-8232-8645-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 pages)

Collana

Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought

Disciplina

264/.019036

Soggetti

Liturgics

Phenomenology

Experience (Religion)

Ritual

Senses and sensation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Temporality -- 2 Spatiality -- 3 Corporeality -- 4 Sensoriality -- 5 Affectivity -- 6 Community -- 7 Intentionality -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.