Reading the liturgy : an exploration of texts in Christian worship / Juliette J. Day.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Day, Juliette J., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liturgical adaptation.

Liturgical language.

Hermeneutics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (191 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This is a unique contribution to discussions within churches about the provision of suitable words for liturgical worship and to debates among scholars about liturgical hermeneutics, as well as offering a new methodological paradigm for liturgical studies to inspire students and researchers. By combining insights from literary and linguistic studies with those from historical and contemporary liturgical studies, Juliette Day investigates the nature of a text in relation to unscripted speech; how authors and worshippers make use of genre, narrative and other texts; how the textuality of the liturgy as well as its ritual context affect the sort of language used in worship and what implicit meanings are conveyed in the way liturgical texts are printed in books. Day discusses the history of liturgical texts and their function, as well as liturgical genres and narratives. She examines the function of language in liturgical worship and emphasizes its meaning for readers, worshippers and speakers. Day applies insights from literary and linguistic studies to liturgical texts in a comprehensive fashion, making it accessible to a broad readership."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Cover; HalfTitle; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Text; A brief history of liturgical texts; What is a text?; What is a liturgical text?; Readers, speakers and worshippers; Some functions of the liturgical text; Conclusion; 2 Authorship; The author is dead!; Authors of historical liturgical texts: Serapion and his sacramentary; Attributing authorship; Collaborative authorship and creativity; Authority and meaning; Conclusion; 3 Genre; What is genre?; Liturgical genres; A liturgical subgenre: The collect; Genre transgression

Encountering genreConclusion; 4 Narrative; Narrative and self.; Narrative and text; Narrative theory and the liturgy; A narrative interpretation of liturgical texts; Eucharistic narratives; Conclusion; 5 Intertextuality; Intertextuality and the intertext; Intertextuality and liturgical texts; Conclusion; 6 Language; The function of language in liturgical worship; The liturgical context and language; Style; Conclusion; 7 Paratext; The thresholds of the text; Authors and readers; Titles; Intertitles; Page and section numbers; Notes and rubrics; Conclusion; 8 Worship; Textuality and repetition

Textuality and participationTextual worship and meaning; Conclusion: The threshold of worship; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780567220134

0567220133

9780567659583

0567659585

9780567425263

0567425266

OCLC:

880452386