Metaphors of eucharistic presence : language, cognition, and the body and blood of Christ / Stephen R. Shaver.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shaver, Stephen R., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lord's Supper--Real presence.

Lord's Supper.

Metaphor--Religious aspects.

Metaphor.

Linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Summary:

In 'Metaphors of Eucharistic Presence', Stephen R. Shaver brings together the fields of cognitive linguistics and liturgical theology to propose a new approach to the ecumenically controversial issue of eucharistic presence. Drawing from the work of cognitive linguists such as George Lakoff, Gilles Fauconnier, and Mark Turner, and theologians such as Robert Masson and John Sanders, Shaver argues that there is no clear division between literal and figurative language: rather, human cognition is grounded in sensorimotor experience, and phenomena such as metaphor and conceptual blending are basic building blocks of thought.

Contents:

Cover

Metaphors of Eucharistic Presence

Copyright

Contents

List of Figures

Preface

Abbreviations

1. Introduction: Theology in Multiple Metaphors

1.1. Liturgical theology and the embodied mind

1.2. An additive method

1.3. Metaphors of eucharistic presence

1.4. Some notes on scope and standpoint

2. Metaphor, Embodied Realism, and Sacramental Truth

2.1. Introducing conceptual metaphor theory

2.2. More complex metaphors

2.3. Metonymy

2.4. Polysemy and prototypicality: beyond classical categories

2.5. Beyond objectivism: embodied realism for theologians

2.6. Conclusions

3. Conceptual Blending and Two Ways of Feeding on Jesus

3.1. Conceptual blending

3.2. Asymmetric blends: bread is jesus, jesus is bread

3.3. The Synoptic/​Pauline metaphor: this loaf and wine are jesus's body and blood

3.4. The Johannine metaphor: jesus's flesh and blood are heavenly life-​giving bread and drink

3.5. Conclusions

4. Identity: The Great Divide

4.1. The identity motif in Christian tradition

4.2. Zwingli: "is" as a trope

4.3. Luther: "is" as literal predication

4.4. Some illustrative exchanges

4.5. A cognitive-​linguistic assessment

4.6. Broader implications of the great divide

4.7. Conclusions

5. Identity: Bridging the Divide

5.1. Overcoming the dichotomy: Robert Masson and the tectonic process

5.2. Building on Masson's work: radial extension and prototypicality

5.3. The Synoptic/​Pauline metaphor as a tectonic shift

5.4. Polysemy: identity and distinction in tension

5.5. Conclusions

6. Representation

6.1. Symbols as material anchors

6.2. The Y2 construction: a more complex integration network

6.3. Representation and Identity in coexistence

6.4. Revisiting the polysemy networks from Chapter 5

6.5. Conclusions

7. Change.

7.1. Development and variations of the change motif

7.2. Lutheran and Reformed responses to the change motif

7.3. The eucharistic gifts as bread and wine

7.4. Conclusions

8. Containment

8.1. Development and variations of the containment motif

8.2. Post-​Reformation responses to the containment motif

8.3. Transubstantiation: a special combination of change and containment

8.4. Conclusions

9 Conduit

9.1. Verticality and the emergence of the conduit motif

9.2. Visual conduit language

9.3. Reformed and Roman Catholic visual piety: an unexpected convergence

9.4. Conclusions

10. Bringing the Repertoire Together

10.1. Affirmations in common: the ecumenical repertoire of metaphors

10.2. Embodied entailments: the duration of Christ's presence

10.3. Embodied entailments: adoration

10.4. Conclusions

Recommended Readings in Cognitive Linguistics

References

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-758083-1

0-19-758082-3

OCLC:

1256589441