The Sacraments of the Law and the Law of the Sacraments / Judith Hahn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hahn, Judith, 1978- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sacraments (Canon law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (302 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, [2023]

Summary:

In this book, 'sacramentality' is proposed as a category that encompasses the performative power of religious and legal rituals. Law uses sacramental action to change reality through performative acts, while religion uses law to organise religious ritual. Thus, law and religion intertwine to produce legal, spiritual, and other social effects.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title page

Title page

Copyright page

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Three Propositions

Juridifying Sacraments?

Sacramental Rituals

1 Sacraments in Law and Religion

1.1 Catholicism and Sacramentality

1.1.1 Pagan Origin, Christian Adoption

1.1.2 Focusing on the Seven Sacraments

1.1.3 The Sacrament of the Oath

1.2 Symbols and Sacraments

1.2.1 Theologies of the Symbol

1.2.2 Speaking of 'Sacraments'

1.2.3 The Law and the Sacraments

1.2.4 Inconfused and Inseparable

1.2.5 The Sacramentality of Law

1.3 Terminological Clarifications

1.3.1 Magic and Sacramentality

1.3.2 Rationality and Irrationality

1.3.3 Speaking about 'Religion'

1.3.4 Rituals and Liturgies

1.3.5 Sacraments as Rituals

1.4 Summary

2 The Ritual Frame of Sacraments

2.1 Understanding Ritual

2.1.1 Formality, Fixity, Repetition

2.1.2 Rituals as Differentiation

2.1.3 The Sacred and the Profane

2.1.4 Turning Chaos into Order

2.1.5 Transcendent Normativities

2.2 Indexical and Canonical Rituals

2.2.1 Inventing Ritual Traditions

2.2.2 Conventional Commitment

2.2.3 Questioning Conventions

2.3 Functioning and Effectiveness

2.3.1 Reconsidering Effectiveness

2.3.2 The Social Power of Ritual

2.3.3 Ritual Power in the Church

2.4 The Language of Ritual

2.4.1 Spells and Language Magic

2.4.2 Ritual as Communication

2.4.3 Situating Communication

2.4.4 Providing Ritual Language

2.4.5 Sacred, Secret Languages

2.5 Summary

3 Sacramental Change in Status

3.1 Taxonomic Ambiguousness

3.1.1 Sacramental Rites of Passage

3.1.2 Sacraments as Mixed Rites

3.2 Spiritual and Legal Change

3.2.1 Rites of Making Persons

3.2.2 Creating Legal Persons

3.2.3 Rites of Status Conferral

3.2.4 Rituals of Status Renewal.

3.2.5 Restoration and Healing

3.2.6 Rites of Celebrating Faith

3.3 Creating Intermediary States

3.3.1 Revitalising the Dead

3.3.2 Non-baptised Christians

3.4 Unmaking Personhood

3.4.1 Dying to the World

3.4.2 Excommunications

3.5 Summary

4 Sacraments as Speech Acts

4.1 Understanding Speech Acts

4.1.1 A Brief Theoretical Outline

4.1.2 Status Function Declarations

4.1.3 Conventional Procedures

4.1.4 The Uttering of Certain Words

4.1.5 By Certain Persons

4.1.6 In Certain Circumstances

4.1.7 Rules Constituting Action

4.1.8 Doing Things Properly

4.1.9 Conventions and Intentions

4.1.10 Intentional Indifference

4.2 Speech Acts of the Law

4.2.1 Speech in Legal Studies

4.2.2 Classes of Legal Illocutions

4.2.3 Declarative Accuracy

4.2.4 Judging and Sentencing

4.2.5 Civil Adjudication Magic

4.2.6 Bilateral Declarations

4.2.7 Pending Declaratives

4.3 Catholic Sacramental Speech

4.3.1 The Sacraments as Words

4.3.2 Verbal and Gestural Speech

4.3.3 Formulas and Gestures

4.3.4 Illocutions and Perlocutions

4.3.5 Sacramental Declarations

4.3.6 Getting the Formulas Right

4.3.7 Modifying the Formulas

4.3.8 Words, Uttered or Signed

4.3.9 Gestural Miscommunication

4.3.10 Authority and Representation

4.3.11 Determining God's Action?

4.3.12 Accepting Declarative Power

4.3.13 Assertive and Directive Speech

4.3.14 Sacramental Intentionality

4.3.15 Jewish and Anglican Parallels

4.3.16 Conventional Intentionality

4.4 Summary

Conclusion

Sacro-Legal Symbols

Legal Sacramentality

Forensic Prayers

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Nov 2023).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-009-33015-2

1-009-33011-X

1-009-33013-6

9781009330138

1009330136

OCLC:

1411310811