Liturgical Theology after Schmemann : An Orthodox Reading of Paul Ricoeur / Brian A. Butcher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Butcher, Brian A., Author.

Contributor:

FBA, Andrew Louth

Series:

Orthodox Christianity and contemporary thought.

Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Shmeman, Aleksandr, 1921-1983.

Shmeman, Aleksandr.

Ricœur, Paul.

Orthodox Eastern Church--Doctrines.

Orthodox Eastern Church.

Liturgics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

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:

Front matter

Contents

Foreword

Introduction

1 “ After Schmemann”: Introducing Ricoeur into the Conversation

2 Western Perspectives

3 Meaning in/and Metaphor

4 At the Intersection of the Via Positiva and the Via Negativa

5 “The Summoned Subject”

6 Truth as Attestation

7 Liturgical Time, Narrative, Memory, and History

8 Manifestation and Proclamation

Conclusion

Appendix: “Service of the Great Blessing of the Waters”

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

0-8232-7829-8

OCLC:

1016322714