Discourse in Ritual Studies (Empirical Studies in Theology)

Contents\r......Page 8
Introduction. A discourse in ritual studies (Hans Schilderman)......Page 10
PART ONE THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES......Page 24
1. Liturgical studies from a ritual studies perspective (Hans Schilderman)......Page 26
2. Religion, morality and ritual in evolutionary perspective (Johannes A. van der Ven)......Page 58
3. Towards a liturgical theory of the incarnated mind. A non-reductive naturalist view (Chris Hermans, Jacques Janssen, Lieve Gommers & Irene Houwer)......Page 104
4. Liturgical action from a language perspective: about performance and performatives in liturgy (Aad de Jong)......Page 134
PART TWO EMPIRICAL PERSPECTIVES......Page 170
5. Ritual, performance, and the sequestering of sacred space (Ronald L. Grimes)......Page 172
6. Matrimony: values and ritual. An empirical study of the relation between matrimonial values and notions about the form of ecclesiastic marriage rites (Remco Robinson and Hans Schilderman)......Page 192
7. Roman Catholic funeral liturgy and human finitude: Empirical explorations of life, death and afterlife in connection with liturgical memory (Thomas Quartier and Chris A. M. Hermans)......Page 222
8. Ministry as a ritual profession (Hans Schilderman)......Page 252
PART THREE HERMENEUTIC PERSPECTIVES......Page 278
9. From ritual to hermeneutics. An exploration with ethical intent (Jean-Pierre Wils)......Page 280
10. \"Can yesterday get better?\" The trouble with memory and the gift of the Eucharist. Systematic-theological re? ections on the presence of the past (Georg Essen)......Page 300
Index......Page 322