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Book SynopsisSanctifying Texts, Transforming Rituals: Encounters in Liturgical Studies explores the dynamics of Christian ritual practices in their relation to a broader cultural framework. The nineteen essays, written in honour of the liturgist Gerard A.M. Rouwhorst (Tilburg University), study liturgical developments in times of transition, in which religious and cultural changes set the development of worship practices in motion. The chapters in the first part (Texts) concentrate on the close connection between narrative texts and liturgical practice. In part two (Rituals), the focus shifts to the significance of liturgy as it expresses itself in rituals, and to the understanding of ritual acting. This section includes a variety of ritual aspects of liturgy, including the performance of the sacraments and the persons involved, as well as the relation between the liturgical ritual and material objects, such as images and relics. Section three (Encounters) crosses the borders of the discipline of liturgical studies. This final section of the book studies (ritual) relations between Christians and non-Christians through history, and includes contributions that study the dialogues between different liturgical languages and media. Contributors are: Elizabeth Boddens Hosang, Paul Bradshaw, Harald Buchinger, Charles Caspers, Paul van Geest, Bert Groen, Martin Klöckener, Bart Koet, Clemens Leonhard, Ruben van Luijk, Gerard Lukken, Daniela Müller, Willemien Otten, Marcel Poorthuis, Paul Post, Ilia Rodov, Els Rose, Joshua Schwartz, Louis van Tongeren, and Nienke Vos.
Trade Review"Im Ergebnis handelt es sich also eher um eine bunte Mischung vorwiegend sehr anspruchsvoller wissenschaftlicher Beiträge aus der Liturgiewissenschaft und der Judaistik, die damitaber das breite Interesse des Gefeierten widerspiegeltundsomit als Festschrift sehr gelungen ist." - Martin Lüstraeten, Mainz, in: Zeitschrift für Historische Forschung 3/2018", pp. 499-501,
Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgements List of Figures Abbreviations Bibliography of Gerard Rouwhorst On the Authors Continuity and Renewal in Liturgical Studies: An Introduction Paul van Geest, Marcel Poorthuis and Els Rose Part 1 - Texts Chapter 1 Conclusions Shaping Evidence: An Examination of the Scholarship Surrounding the Supposed Apostolic Tradition of Hippolytus Paul Bradshaw Chapter 2 Communion of Saints: The Function of Liturgical Scenes in Hagiographic Texts Nienke Vos Chapter 3 Die Eucharistiefeier für die Toten. Theologische Motive und Neuakzentuierungen in der altrömischen und frühmittelalterlichen Euchologie Martin Klöckener Chapter 4 About Naked Women and Adam’s Body: The Syriac-Christian Cave of Treasures as a Source of Islamic Storytelling Marcel Poorthuis Chapter 5 Provinciae et civitates ecclesiis plenae. Transformation of the civitates Indorum in the Apocryphal Acts and the Liturgical Commemoration of the Apostle Thomas Els Rose Chapter 6 Non sufficit hec orare, sed et necesse est se purgare … Gabriel Biel’s Representation of the Intellect, the Will and Memory in his Canonis Missae Expositio Paul van Geest Part 2 - Rituals Chapter 7 Cosmos and Liturgy from Maximus the Confessor to Hans Urs von Balthasar (with an excursion on H.J. Schulz) Willemien Otten Chapter 8 The Bishop and his Deacons. Ignatius of Antioch’s View on Ministry: Two-fold or Three-fold? Bart Koet Chapter 9 Breaking the Fast: The Central Moment of the Paschal Celebration in Historical Context and Diachronic Perspective Harald Buchinger Chapter 10 Body and Feast: The Liturgical Calendar of the Old Diocese of Utrecht Charles Caspers and Louis van Tongeren Chapter 11 Hallucination Depicted: God’s Name on Shiviti Plates Ilia M. Rodov Chapter 12 A Brief History of the Black Mass Ruben van Luijk Chapter 13 The Roman Catholic Liturgy in the Postconciliar Time of Transition Gerard Lukken Part 3 - Encounters Chapter 14 Shavuot, Covenant Renewal, and Pentecost Clemens Leonhard Chapter 15 Will You Join Us for a Meal? Jewish and Christian Interaction in Early Council Texts Elizabeth Boddens Hosang Chapter 16 Encounters in the Playground: Jewish and Christian Children at Play in Roman-Byzantine Palestine Joshua Schwartz Chapter 17 Heresy as Impurity Daniela Müller Chapter 18 Disciplina Arcani: Modern Avatars of Christian Ritual Secrecy Paul Post Chapter 19 Liturgical Language and Vernacular Tongues in Eastern Christianity Bert Groen Bibliography Index
