Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Liturgy
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Liturgy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Liturgy Throughout the Ages
- Part II The Celebration of the Liturgy
- Part III Liturgy and the Arts
- Part IV Liturgy and the Life of the Churches
- Part V The Study of Liturgy
- 20 Liturgical Texts
- 21 Liturgy as Ritual (and Prayer)
- 22 Liturgical Theology
- Bibliography
- Names Index
- Concepts and Places Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion ()
- References
21 - Liturgy as Ritual (and Prayer)
from Part V - The Study of Liturgy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 September 2025
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Liturgy
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Liturgy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Liturgy Throughout the Ages
- Part II The Celebration of the Liturgy
- Part III Liturgy and the Arts
- Part IV Liturgy and the Life of the Churches
- Part V The Study of Liturgy
- 20 Liturgical Texts
- 21 Liturgy as Ritual (and Prayer)
- 22 Liturgical Theology
- Bibliography
- Names Index
- Concepts and Places Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion ()
- References
Summary
Kimberly Hope Belcher surveys an impressive number of authors and theories who have engaged with the broad human phenomenon of ritual. For it is evident that both classical ritual studies and more recent approaches have enormous potential for engaging in a dialogue with scholars of Christian liturgy and liturgies.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Liturgy , pp. 369 - 388Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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Belcher, Kimberly Hope, “Ritual Systems: Prostration, Self, and Community in the Rule of Benedict,” Ecclesia Orans 37 (2020): 321–56.Google Scholar
Bell, Catherine M., Ritual: Perspectives and Dimensions (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Hoffman, Lawrence A., Beyond the Text: A Holistic Approach to Liturgy. Jewish Literature and Culture (Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 1995).Google Scholar
Mitchell, Nathan, Liturgy and the Social Sciences (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1999).Google Scholar
Moschella, Mary Clark, Ethnography as a Pastoral Practice: An Introduction, 2nd rev. ed. (Cleveland, OH: Tpp, 2023).Google Scholar
Ross, Melanie C., Evangelical Worship: An American Mosaic (New York: Oxford University Press, 2021).CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Spurrier, Rebecca F., The Disabled Church: Human Difference and the Art of Communal Worship (New York: Fordham University Press, 2019).Google Scholar
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