Theology, Deconstruction, and Ritual Process

Abstract. Victor Turner's comparative symbology provides a description of liminality, marginality, and liminoid genres that can be usefully applied to positioning theology in a theory of practice, determining its social location, and assessing its future meaning. This paper argues not only that...

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Published in:Zygon
Main Author: Winquist, Charles E. 1944- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 1983
In: Zygon
Year: 1983, Volume: 18, Issue: 3, Pages: 295-309
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Summary:Abstract. Victor Turner's comparative symbology provides a description of liminality, marginality, and liminoid genres that can be usefully applied to positioning theology in a theory of practice, determining its social location, and assessing its future meaning. This paper argues not only that theological marginality is a result of the secularization of culture but also that the breach with theology's pubiics reflects a more significant internal breach that is essential to theology as a liminoid form of public reflexivity. The paper draws from deconstructionist philosophy and defines the interpretive task of theology as a deconstructionist hermeneutic.
ISSN:1467-9744
Contains:Enthalten in: Zygon
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9744.1983.tb00516.x