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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vial, Theodore M., 1962-

Series:

Religion in history, society & culture ; 4.

Religion in history, society and culture ; 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biedermann, Alois Emanuel, 1819-1885.

Biedermann, Alois Emanuel.

Baptism (Liturgy)--History--19th century.

Baptism (Liturgy).

Reformed Church--Switzerland--Zurich--Liturgy--Theology--History--19th century.

Reformed Church.

Zurich (Switzerland)--Church history--19th century.

Zurich (Switzerland).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-135-88691-1

1-135-88692-X

1-280-16525-1

9786610165254

0-203-50519-0

9780203505199

OCLC:

437056185