"Count your Blessings!": The Interpretive Potential of Sacramental Theology for Everyday Ritualizations around Food
In this article, the authors explore the yield of a sacramental lens on extra-ecclesial ritualizations around food in contemporary Dutch "secularized" culture. In an effort to explore the scope of sacramental theology beyond the liturgical ritual of the Eucharist/Holy Communion, they concl...
| Published in: | Yearbook for ritual and liturgical studies |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Groningen Press
2023
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Yearbook for ritual and liturgical studies
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| Further subjects: | B
Louis-Marie Chauvet
B ordinary practices of ritualizing around food B Dutch TV programme B Sacramental Theology B Liturgical Theology |
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| Summary: | In this article, the authors explore the yield of a sacramental lens on extra-ecclesial ritualizations around food in contemporary Dutch "secularized" culture. In an effort to explore the scope of sacramental theology beyond the liturgical ritual of the Eucharist/Holy Communion, they conclude that sacramental theology as a heuristic lens has a promising potential to reveal what is at stake when it comes to ordinary practices of food. Taking Louis-Marie Chauvet's ground-breaking study Symbol and Sacrament as a point of departure for a sacramental frame, and using three examples from a recent Dutch TV series on counting blessings at dinner time, they seek to answer the question "What is the heuristic potential of a sacramental perspective on food-related ritualizations in everyday life?" The authors conclude that everyday ritualizations, in turn, constructively challenge "classic" sacramental and liturgical theology. Thus, a sacramental lens on extra-ecclesial food-related ritualizations can enhance the understanding of the Eucharist/Holy Communion, as well as reveal what is at stake when it comes to ordinary (ritualized) practices of food. |
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| ISSN: | 2589-3998 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Yearbook for ritual and liturgical studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.21827/YRLS.39.1-19 |