Celebration Beyond (Un-)Belief: The Potential of Negative Hermeneutics for a Liturgical Apophaticism
This essay demonstrates how the engagement with specific liturgical traditions and the ambiguity of their celebration allows for an understanding of liturgy beyond the dichotomy of belief and unbelief. It analyses the potential of a “negative hermeneutics” of liturgical studies in the context of wha...
| Published in: | Studia liturgica |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publishing
2023
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Studia liturgica
Year: 2023, Volume: 53, Issue: 1, Pages: 120-136 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Apophatic theology
/ Hermeneutics
/ Liturgy
/ Unbelief
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism FA Theology RC Liturgy VB Hermeneutics; Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
apophatic theology
B Unbelief B Cultural Studies B Philosophy of religion B Liturgy B Hermeneutics |
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| Summary: | This essay demonstrates how the engagement with specific liturgical traditions and the ambiguity of their celebration allows for an understanding of liturgy beyond the dichotomy of belief and unbelief. It analyses the potential of a “negative hermeneutics” of liturgical studies in the context of what is perceived as “cultural unbelief.” Taking Lieven Boeve's concept of a “cultural apophaticism” as a basis, it explores the reach of a negative hermeneutical approach, highlighting the paradoxical and apophatic character of the liturgical celebration and its necessary failure and developing the idea of a “liturgical apophaticism.” It shows how the liturgical celebration does not simply counteract the dynamic of unbelief but exceeds it. In a final step, this essay explores the potential that liturgy has to recreate and transform “unbelief” and the implications of negative aspects of faith and belief for the broader theological discourse. |
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| ISSN: | 2517-4797 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studia liturgica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/00393207221138980 |