A Body That Matters: Liturgy, Mediation, Performativity
Taking the liturgy of The Episcopal Church as an extended case study, this article develops a poststructuralist eucharistic theology that bears upon the theorization of religious identity, Christian liturgy, and material religion. My point of departure is the question of whether a dinner-church Comm...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publishing
[2021]
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Studia liturgica
Year: 2021, Volume: 51, Issue: 1, Pages: 73-85 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Church of England, Verfasserschaft1, Book of common prayer
/ Anglicanism
/ Eucharist
/ Liturgy
/ Food
/ Konsekration
/ Performance (Psychology)
/ Medium
/ Religious identity
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| IxTheo Classification: | KDE Anglican Church NBP Sacramentology; sacraments RC Liturgy |
| Further subjects: | B
Book of Common Prayer
B Medium B Performativity B Religious Identity B dinner church B Anglicanism B Eucharist |
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| Summary: | Taking the liturgy of The Episcopal Church as an extended case study, this article develops a poststructuralist eucharistic theology that bears upon the theorization of religious identity, Christian liturgy, and material religion. My point of departure is the question of whether a dinner-church Communion - that is, one in which an Episcopal priest consecrates items other than bread and wine - would qualify as an Anglican eucharistic celebration if that service was conducted using the 1979 Episcopal Book of Common Prayer. To this query I respond in the affirmative. In conversation with Birgit Meyer on religious media and Judith Butler on language and matter, I argue that it is in being interpreted as the body and blood of Christ that the eucharistic elements come to be materialized as such, with the Book of Common Prayer governing that interpretation for Anglicans and giving it force. |
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| ISSN: | 2517-4797 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studia liturgica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0039320720978925 |