Reading Religious Ritual with Ricoeur

Zusatztext

<p><span>Reading Religious Ritual with Ricoeur: Between Fragility and Hope</span><span> creates a dialogue between Ric½urs hermeneutic philosophy and the interpretation of human ritual practices, especially as such practices are manifested within the context of Christian liturgy. In the first part of the book, Christina M. Gschwandtner shows that Ric½urs account of religion would be deepened if it were to take into account not only the biblical texts but also forms of liturgical expression and ritual actions. She challenges Ric½urs early reading of the symbol and second naïveté, broadens his interpretation of biblical texts and faith to consider religious actions more fully, and suggests that ritual can enhance human capacities. The second part of the book employs Ric½urs hermeneutics in order to shed light on the analysis of liturgy, demonstrating that his accounts of truth, of the world of the text, of religious language, of the imagination, and of the formation of identity are all eminently applicable to liturgical experience.</span><span>Reading Religious Ritual with Ricoeur</span><span> shows that one of the most significant themes in Ric½urs workthe tension between fragility and hopeis especially helpful for understanding what liturgy does and how it functions. Seeing how liturgy and ritual configure fragility and hope also enriches Ric½urs account of the role and function of religion in human experience.</span></p>

Autorenportrait

<p><span>Christina M. Gschwandtner</span><span> is professor of continental philosophy of religion at Fordham University.</span></p>

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