The Disincarnate Text: Ritual Poetics in Herbert, Paul, Williams, and Levinas
This Introduction to a special issue on “The Sacramental Text Reconsidered” provides a brief genealogy of the practice of describing texts, performances, and poetics as sacramental, eucharistic, and incarnational. It also offers a critique and clarification of such reading practices by differentiati...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2017]
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Christianity & literature
Year: 2017, Volume: 66, Issue: 3, Pages: 363-384 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KDE Anglican Church NBP Sacramentology; sacraments |
| Further subjects: | B
Herbert, George, 1593-1633
B Incarnation B George Herbert B Eucharist B disincarnate B Lord's Supper Sacrifice B Sacrament B Sacraments |
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| Summary: | This Introduction to a special issue on “The Sacramental Text Reconsidered” provides a brief genealogy of the practice of describing texts, performances, and poetics as sacramental, eucharistic, and incarnational. It also offers a critique and clarification of such reading practices by differentiating between the real divine presence theologically understood to dwell in a proper sacrament and the “disincarnation” enacted by sacramentally laden literary texts and performances. Drawing on the writings of Emmanuel Levinas, Rowan Williams, and St. Paul, I demonstrate the disincarnate as a poetic of ritual and oblation in an extended reading of Herbert’s poetry. |
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| ISSN: | 2056-5666 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Christianity & literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0148333117703987 |