Beyond Syncretism On the Competing Liturgies of US Civil Religion and the Church
As created beings, humans possess an intrinsic propensity to love. The question is not will we love, but what will we love. Moreover, with the tendency to love a large and varied number of things, our loves must be ordered. Properly understood, a liturgy is an ordering of one’s love toward a particu...
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| Published in | In Spirit and in Truth p. 165 |
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| Format | Book Chapter |
| Language | English |
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Claremont Press
03.01.2018
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| Online Access | Get full text |
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| Summary: | As created beings, humans possess an intrinsic propensity to love. The question is not will we love, but what will we love. Moreover, with the tendency to love a large and varied number of things, our loves must be ordered. Properly understood, a liturgy is an ordering of one’s love toward a particular subject or end. As loving beings, or Homo liturgicus, as James K. A. Smith has argued, we are in need of liturgy.³ The question then becomes, “What sort of liturgy?” This chapter seeks to explore the sorts of liturgies that are practiced by and available to Christians, |
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| ISBN: | 0692774831 9780692774830 |