| Beyond Ritual: Sacramental Theology After Habermas Contributor(s): Garrigan, Siobhán (Author) |
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ISBN: 0754636119 ISBN-13: 9780754636113 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $198.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2004 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - Soteriology |
| Dewey: 234.16 |
| LCCN: 2003059505 |
| Physical Information: 248 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Beyond Ritual, Siobhan Garrigan uses Habermas's theory of communicative action to suggest two things: first, a method by which theology can access the ritual symbols by which faith is formed; and secondly a metaphor of intersubjectivity with which theology can propose an interpretative, rather than an instrumental, understanding of sacramentality - and thus of God. Through fieldwork studies of both 'marginal' and 'mainstream' Christian Eucharists, Garrigan develops the conversation between Habermas's philosophy and Christian theology, showing how ritual interactions form, and challenge, our very idea of God. |
