Liturgy wars : ritual theory and Protestant reform in nineteenth-century Zurich / / Theodore M. Vial

• Autore: Vial Theodore M. <1962-, >
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (201 p.)
• Disciplina: 264/.042494572
• Soggetto topico: Baptism (Liturgy) - History - 19th century; Reformed Church - Switzerland - Zurich - Liturgy - Theology - History - 19th century
• Soggetto geografico: Zurich (Switzerland) Church history 19th century
• Classificazione: 11.55
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Liturgy Wars; Copyright Page; Contents; Series Editors' Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One. Religious Conflict in Zurich; Round One: David Friedrich Strauss and the Overthrow of the Zurich Government; Rounds Two and Three: Biedermann and the Fight over Baptism; Chapter Two. Contesting Humanity and Contesting History; Liberal Politics during the Regeneration; Economics in Zurich during the Regeneration; School Reform in the Regeneration; Chapter Three. The Personality of God and Other Contradictions; Point/Counterpoint: Was Biedennann a Christian? ; EpistemologyThe Doctrine of God; The Knowledge of God and of Ourselves; Chapter Four. What Would Jesus Do?; Processing Christology; Biedennann versus the Liberals; Biedennann's Filial Christology; Biedermann versus Strauss; The Main Event: Biedermann versus the Orthodox; The Christology of Ebrard; The Christology of Marheineke; Chapter Five. Meta Fights: Battles in Theory Over Battles in Practice; The Two 1868 Ceremonies of Baptism; A Ritual Theory Map; Speech Act Theory; Chapter Six. Liturgy Wars, Culture Wars; Lawson and McCauley on Competence; Lawson and McCauley's Generative Rules ; Lawson and McCauley's PredictionsExplaining the Ritual Change in the 1868 Liturgy; Speech Acts in the Context of Preaching; Conclusion; Appendix One. Ceremonies of Baptism from the 1868 Zurich Liturgy; Ceremony I; Ceremony II; Appendix Two. Derivation of the Baptism Ceremony; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The nineteenth century was a period of intense religious conflict across Europe, as people confronted the major changes brought by modernity. In Zurich, one phase of this religious conflict was played out in a struggle over revisions to the ritual of baptism. In its analysis of the Zurich conflict, Liturgy Wars offers a strategy for understanding the links between theology, ritual, and socio-politics. Theodore M. Vial offers a new perspective on contemporary ritual studies - and critiques the cognivist approaches of Lawson and McCauley, as well as Catherine Bell's analysis of power and the bod
• Titolo autorizzato: Liturgy wars
• ISBN: 1-135-88691-1; 1-135-88692-X; 1-280-16525-1; 9786610165254; 0-203-50519-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910817128403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Religion in history, society & culture ; ; 4.