Liturgical Theology after Schmemann: An Orthodox Reading of Paul Ricoeur

Liturgical Theology after Schmemann: An Orthodox Reading of Paul Ricoeur

Liturgical Theology after Schmemann: An Orthodox Reading of Paul Ricoeur

Liturgical Theology after Schmemann: An Orthodox Reading of Paul Ricoeur

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Overview

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.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780823278756
Publisher: Fordham University Press
Publication date: 02/06/2018
Series: Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought
Pages: 360
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Brian A. Butcher (Author)
Brian A. Butcher is Assistant Professor in the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies at the Universityof St. Michael’s College, in the Universityof Toronto. He also teaches at U of T’s Trinity College, as well as at Augustine College (Ottawa). He is a contributor to the Oxford Handbook of Sacramental Theology and a subdeacon in the Ukrainian Greco-Catholic Church.

Andrew Louth, FBA (Foreword By)
Andrew Louth, FBA, an Orthodox priest, is Professor Emeritus of Patristic and Byzantine Studies at Durham University, UK, and Visiting Professor of Eastern Orthodox Theology at the Vrije Universityeit, Amsterdam. He is the author of several books on patristics and theology.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix

Introduction 1

Part I "How Will The Lamp Enlighten The Light?"

1 "After Schmemann": Introducing Ricoeur into the Conversation 9

2 Western Perspectives 30

Part II "No Tongue Can Hymn Your Wonders"

3 Meaning in/and Metaphor 63

4 At the Intersection of the Via Positiva and the Via Negativa 85

Part III "Today You Have Appeared To The World"

5 "The Summoned Subject" 111

6 Truth as Attestation 137

7 Liturgical Time, Narrative, Memory, and History 150

Part IV "The Voice Of The Lord Cries Out Upon The Waters"

8 Manifestation and Proclamation 173

Conclusion 213

Appendix: "Service of the Great Blessing of the Waters" 217

Acknowledgments 229

Notes 233

Bibliography 321

Index 337

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