عنوان

Mission, Liturgy, and the Transformation of Identity

شماره

LA121024

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Mission, Liturgy, and the Transformation of Identity

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Ken Christoph Miyamoto

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

This article considers the significance of liturgical worship for the purpose of overcoming the problem of intellectualism and rationalism that have been prevalent in the modern Christian missions since the 19th century. Despite its centrality in Christian life, worship has been given a marginal place in the discussions of Christian mission. The author, however, maintains that it should play a crucial and powerful role in mission at the age when human identity is increasingly becoming fluid and problematic, as it is capable of producing profound spiritual transformation among worshippers and thus establishing in them a new identity centered on Christ without eradicating "primordial attachments." This is because liturgy has a holistic nature with its rich symbolism and is able to reach the non-rational level of personality where the primordial attachments operate. The author, who teaches courses in Christianity at a Christian college in Kobe, Japan, takes as his starting point the apparent impasse of Christian higher education in today's Japan which still operates on the Enlightenment model of mission with its emphasis on knowledge as the foundation of faith. He takes advantage of some insights of recent Ritual Studies to illuminate the identity-forming character of liturgical rituals. This article considers the significance of liturgical worship for the purpose of overcoming the problem of intellectualism and rationalism that have been prevalent in the modern Christian missions since the 19th century. Despite its centrality in Christian life, worship has been given a marginal place in the discussions of Christian mission. The author, however, maintains that it should play a crucial and powerful role in mission at the age when human identity is increasingly becoming fluid and problematic, as it is capable of producing profound spiritual transformation among worshippers and thus establishing in them a new identity centered on Christ without eradicating "primordial attachments." This is because liturgy has a holistic nature with its rich symbolism and is able to reach the non-rational level of personality where the primordial attachments operate. The author, who teaches courses in Christianity at a Christian college in Kobe, Japan, takes as his starting point the apparent impasse of Christian higher education in today's Japan which still operates on the Enlightenment model of mission with its emphasis on knowledge as the foundation of faith. He takes advantage of some insights of recent Ritual Studies to illuminate the identity-forming character of liturgical rituals.

تاريخ نشر

2010

توصيف ظاهري

56-70

عنوان

Mission Studies

شماره جلد

27/1

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1573-3831

اصطلاح موضوعی

Education

اصطلاح موضوعی

Enlightenment

اصطلاح موضوعی

identity

اصطلاح موضوعی

Japan

اصطلاح موضوعی

liturgy

اصطلاح موضوعی

missio Dei

اصطلاح موضوعی

mission

اصطلاح موضوعی

modernity

اصطلاح موضوعی

primordial attachments

اصطلاح موضوعی

ritual

اصطلاح موضوعی

transformation

اصطلاح موضوعی

worship

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Ken Christoph Miyamoto

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/157338310X497955

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y