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Liturgical theology after Schmemann : an orthodox reading of Paul Ricoeur / Brian A. Butcher.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Butcher, Brian A., author.
- Series:
- Orthodox Christianity and contemporary thought
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Orthodox Eastern Church--Doctrines.
- Orthodox Eastern Church.
- Shmeman, Aleksandr, 1921-1983.
- Shmeman, Aleksandr.
- Ricœur, Paul.
- Liturgics.
- Theology, Doctrinal.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 344 pages ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Fordham University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- While only rarely reflecting explicitly on liturgy, French philosopher Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005) gave sustained attention to several themes pertinent to the interpretation of worship, including metaphor, narrative, subjectivity, and memory. Inspired by his well-known aphorism, "The symbol gives rise to thought," Liturgical Theology after Schmemann offers an original exploration of the symbolic world of the Byzantine Rite , culminating in a Ricoeurian analysis of its Theophany "Great Blessing of Water." . The book examines two fundamental questions: 1) what are the implications of the philosopher's oeuvre for liturgical theology at large? And 2)how does the adoption of a Ricoeurian hermeneutic shape the study of a particular rite? Taking the seminal legacy of Orthodox theologian Alexander Schmemann (1921-1983) as its point of departure, Butcher contributes to the renewal of contemporary Eastern Christian thought and ritual practice by engaging a spectrum of current theological and philosophical conversations.
- Contents:
- How will the lamp enlighten the light?
- After Schmemann: introducing Ricoeur into the conversation
- Western perspectives
- No tongue can hymn your wonders
- Meaning in/and metaphor
- At the intersection of the via positiva and the via negativa
- Today you have appeared to the world
- The summoned subject
- Truth as attestation
- Liturgical time, narrative, memory, and history
- The voice of the Lord cries out upon the waters
- Manifestation and proclamation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780823278756
- 0823278751
- 9780823278275
- 0823278271
- OCLC:
- 990639455
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