Welcoming Finitude: Toward a Phenomenology of Orthodox Liturgy

by Christina M. Gschwandtner

Book Overview

What does it mean to experience and engage in religious ritual? How does liturgy structure time and space? How do our bodies move within liturgy, and what impact does it have on our senses? How does the experience of ritual affect us and shape our emotions or dispositions? How is liturgy experienced as a communal event, and how does it form the identity of those who participate in it? Welcoming Finitude explores these broader questions about...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823289834
• ISBN13: 9780823289837
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"