Philosophies of Liturgy Explorations of Embodied Religious Practice
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Biographical note
J. Aaron Simmons is Professor of Philosophy at Furman University, USA. Bruce Ellis Benson is Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the University of Vienna, Austria. Neal DeRoo is Canada Research Chair in Phenomenology and Philosophy of Religion at The King's University, Canada.[T]he book does a service not only to the topic of liturgy, but also to philosophy in general, showing that these two approaches benefit each other and readers when they are more in conversation with one another.
Reading Religion
A groundbreaking work, offering rich interdisciplinary insights into the performative and embedded practices of religious experience. An invaluable inquiry into the significance of neglected spiritual traditions and rituals.
Richard Kearney, Charles Seelig Professor in Philosophy, Boston College, USA
Participants in liturgies think of them as a privileged point of contact with the sacred. These essays offer a spirited, insightful and accessible approach to the question of how ritual action can bear this significance – and thereby they draw us into a deepened understanding of religion, and indeed of ourselves.
Mark Wynn, Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion, University of Oxford, UK