
Sacrality and Materiality
Locating Intersections
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 18. November 2015
Book
Hardback
199 pages
978-3-525-57043-2 (ISBN)
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Open Access - frei verfügbare elektronische AusgabeDieses Werk ist als Open Access-Publikation im Sinne der Creative Commons-LizenzBY-NC-ND International 4.0 (»Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell - Keine Bearbeitungen«) unter der DOI 10.13109/9783666570438 erschienen. Um eine Kopie dieser Lizenz zu sehen, besuchen Sie http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.Christian theology traditionally regards the sacramental as the polar opposite of the profane. The polarity is a memorial of contemporary desacralization, profanization, and sacralization that stands as a portal to the story of modern reality. In our liminal space, we neither de-sacralize our environs nor re-sacralize the world. The lines are blurred and our perception of spirituality is neither immanent nor transcendent. While words fail to articulate the condition, stories are told and tales of experiences come together to form new theoretical nets, systems and categories.The conference volume, "Sacrality and Materiality: Locating Intersections" seeks to reply to the questions: Where does the sacred intersect with the material? What happens when they meet? First, however, does the sacral even exist? Would it be more productive to ignite sacramental discourse at the intersections of a new matrix?Historically, materiality is other than spirituality- an intersection of the two is an intangible event of the intellect and spirit. We must engage a bipolar setting in the context of its own history in order to speak about the unspeakable.Despite that spirituality and materiality refuse to assume the categories assigned to the initial polarities of sacrality and profanity, the volume addresses the constrictions. Sacral materialism and sacral spiritualism both exist in their own right, and Christian theology has more to offer than polarities. The sacral is the meeting point for the fission of thought.Is the sacramental a topos for telling a postmodern story of spiritual experience? Is Evangelical sacramental theology relevant? Does theological talk about holy materiality belong in denominational and inter-religious dialogue?"Sacrality and Materiality: Locating Intersections" inaugurates a dialogue about these issues.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Göttingen
Germany
Dimensions
Height: 23.7 cm
Width: 16 cm
Thickness: 1.8 cm
Weight
450 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-525-57043-2 (9783525570432)
DOI
10.13109/9783525570432
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Persons
Editor
Rebecca A. Giselbrecht is Senior Teaching and Research Assistant in Practical Theology at the University of Zurich.
Dr. theol. Ralph Kunz ist Professor für Praktische Theologie an der Theologischen Fakultät der Unviersität Zürich, Schweiz.
Contributions
Christiane Tietz ist Ordentliche Professorin für Systematische Theologie am Institut für Hermeneutik und Religionsphilosophie der Theologischen Fakultät der Universität Zürich.
Dr. theol. Simon Peng-Keller ist Professor für Spiritual Care an der Universität Zürich. Von 2016 bis 2020 war er Seelsorger im Kompetenzzentrum Palliative Care am Universitätsspital Zürich. Er doziert als Gastprofessor für Theologie der Spiritualität an der Theologischen Hochschule Chur. Darüber hinaus ist er zusammen mit seiner Frau als Exerzitienbegleiter im Lassalle-Haus, Bad Schönbrunn, und im Geistlichen Zentrum St. Peter tätig.
Content
Christian theology traditionally regards the sacramental as the polar opposite of the profane. The polarity is a memorial of contemporary desacralization, profanization, and sacralization that stands as a portal to the story of modern reality. In our liminal space, we neither de-sacralize our environs nor re-sacralize the world. The lines are blurred and our perception of spirituality is neither immanent nor transcendent.
This conference volume seeks to reply to the questions: Where does the sacred intersect with the material? What happens when they meet?>
This conference volume seeks to reply to the questions: Where does the sacred intersect with the material? What happens when they meet?>