Liturgical language and the formation of reflectively embodied imagination as exemplified in the doxological poetry of Ephrem the Syrian

Christian Catechumens of antiquity participated bodily in a variety of deeply evocative ritual symbolic practices. At the Syrian church where Ephrem served as a deacon, they would also have spoken or sung poetic verse juxtaposing images from the biblical story to symbols and practices of the baptism...

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Main Author: Edie, Fred P. 1960- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: [2016]
In: International journal of Christianity & education
Year: 2016, Volume: 20, Issue: 3, Pages: 234-250
IxTheo Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
RC Liturgy
RF Christian education; catechetics
Further subjects:B Theology
B Paradox
B Ephrem
B Liturgy
B Formation
B Metaphor
Parallel Edition:Electronic