Welcoming Finitude : Toward a Phenomenology of Orthodox Liturgy / Christina M. Gschwandtner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gschwandtner, Christina M., 1974- Author.

Series:

Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Orthodox Eastern Church--Liturgy.

Orthodox Eastern Church.

Liturgics.

Phenomenology.

Experience (Religion).

Ritual.

Senses and sensation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

What does it mean to experience and engage in religious ritual? How does liturgy structure time and space? How do our bodies move within liturgy, and what impact does it have on our senses? How does the experience of ritual affect us and shape our emotions or dispositions? How is liturgy experienced as a communal event, and how does it form the identity of those who participate in it? Welcoming Finitude explores these broader questions about religious experience by focusing on the manifestation of liturgical experience in the Eastern Christian tradition. Drawing on the methodological tools of contemporary phenomenology and on insights from liturgical theology, the book constitutes a philosophical exploration of Orthodox liturgical experience.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1 Temporality

2 Spatiality

3 Corporeality

4 Sensoriality

5 Affectivity

6 Community

7 Intentionality

Conclusion

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:

0-8232-8645-2

OCLC:

1117316181