Acting liturgically : philosophical reflections on religious practice / Nicholas Wolterstorff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolterstorff, Nicholas, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liturgics.

Ritual.

Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Philosophical reflections on religious practice

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018.

Summary:

Participation in religious liturgies and rituals is a pervasive and complex human activity. This work discusses the nature of liturgical activity and the various dimensions of such activity. Nicholas Wolterstorff focuses on understanding what liturgical agents actually do and shows religious practice as a rich area for philosophical reflection.

Contents:

Introduction

Part I. Liturgy, enactments, and scripts

What is liturgy?

On following a liturgical script

With one accord : the communal dimension of liturgical action

On bended knee : the bodily dimension of liturgical action

What are those without faith doing in liturgical enactments?

Part II. Liturgy and Scripture

On the liturgical reading and singing of Scripture

Liturgical repetition and reenactment

Liturgical commemoration

The liturgical present tense

Part III. God in the liturgy

God's liturgical activity

Does God know what we say to God?

Part IV. Liturgy, love, and justice

Liturgical love

Justice and injustice in Christian liturgies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

This edition previously issued in print: 2018.

ISBN:

0-19-252784-3

0-19-184345-8