Ritual without belief?: Kierkegaard against Rappaport on personal belief and ritual action, with particular reference to Jonathan Lear's "A Case for Irony"
This paper presents a Kierkegaardian critique of Roy A. Rappaport's classic treatment of religious rituals. It discusses Rappaport's claim that public and outward acceptance of a religious ritual is sufficient for successfully enacting it - even where such acceptance is devoid of any perso...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Taylor & Francis
[2018]
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International journal of philosophy and theology
Année: 2018, Volume: 79, Numéro: 3, Pages: 222-234 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Rappaport, Roy A. 1926-1997
/ Rituel
/ Kierkegaard, Søren 1813-1855
/ Sacrement
/ Foi
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Sciences des religions AG Vie religieuse CB Spiritualité chrétienne KDD Église protestante NBE Anthropologie NBP Sacrements |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Rappaport
B Christian sacraments B Kierkegaard B Holy Communion B Ritual Theory B Lear |
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| Résumé: | This paper presents a Kierkegaardian critique of Roy A. Rappaport's classic treatment of religious rituals. It discusses Rappaport's claim that public and outward acceptance of a religious ritual is sufficient for successfully enacting it - even where such acceptance is devoid of any personal commitment on the participants' part. To interrogate Rappaport, the paper develops Jonathan Lear's reading of Kierkegaard and builds on the Danish theologian's remarks on the Christian sacraments to argue that, pace Rappaport, personal engagement is necessary to the successful enactment of religious rituals. In this sense, I will show with Kierkegaard how inner belief is a necessary pre-requisite for the performance of any religious ritual whereas in Rappaport's view it is ritual action itself which creates a posteriori the possibility for personal religious faith. |
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| ISSN: | 2169-2335 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: International journal of philosophy and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/21692327.2018.1423634 |