Liturgy, Ambiguity and Silence
The Ritual Management of Real Absence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5634890 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kieran Flanagan (0000-0001-5394-7829, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 193 |
| Publication date | 1985-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1315 • E-ISSN: 1468-4446 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/590801 |
| OpenAlex | W2317594984 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 11 |
This paper is a preliminary exploration of a neglected area in sociology of religion. It aims to interpret and to characterize the distinctive performative basis of Christian liturgy. Ambiguities in liturgical enactment can be routinely handled as long as they relate to the nuministic content of the rite and not to its social form. Silence is a distinctive non-reducible phenomenon of rite that can be related to the regulation of ceremonial form through tactful management of the implicit. Liturgies work on the basis of an apophatic characteristic that makes them distinctive as religious rituals
Aesthetics · Ambiguity · Art · Linguistics · Liturgy · Silence · Sociology · Theology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious Tourism and Spaces
The heretical imperative
Political Philosophy and the Idea of a Social Science
Metaphor and Reality
The Sociology of Georg Simmel
Profane Habit and Sacred Usage
Comparative Dimensions of Liturgy
Sociology of religion and sociology of error
Ambiguity, Classification and Change
La liturgie en tant que comportement social (1)
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,22 |
| Citation span | 1989 - 2024 (36) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |