The sacraments of the law and the law of the sacraments
In this book, 'sacramentality' is proposed as a category that encompasses the performative power of religious and legal rituals. Law uses sacramental action to change reality through performative acts, while religion uses law to organise religious ritual. Thus, law and religion intertwine...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York
Cambridge University Press
2023
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| In: | Year: 2023 |
| Reviews: | [Rezension von: Hahn, Judith, 1978-, The sacraments of the law and the law of the sacraments] (2024) (Earley, Benjamin)
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Further subjects: | B
Sacraments (Canon law)
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| Summary: | In this book, 'sacramentality' is proposed as a category that encompasses the performative power of religious and legal rituals. Law uses sacramental action to change reality through performative acts, while religion uses law to organise religious ritual. Thus, law and religion intertwine to produce legal, spiritual, and other social effects. Cover -- Half-title page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Three Propositions -- Juridifying Sacraments? -- Sacramental Rituals -- 1 Sacraments in Law and Religion -- 1.1 Catholicism and Sacramentality -- 1.1.1 Pagan Origin, Christian Adoption -- 1.1.2 Focusing on the Seven Sacraments -- 1.1.3 The Sacrament of the Oath -- 1.2 Symbols and Sacraments -- 1.2.1 Theologies of the Symbol -- 1.2.2 Speaking of 'Sacraments' -- 1.2.3 The Law and the Sacraments -- 1.2.4 Inconfused and Inseparable -- 1.2.5 The Sacramentality of Law -- 1.3 Terminological Clarifications -- 1.3.1 Magic and Sacramentality -- 1.3.2 Rationality and Irrationality -- 1.3.3 Speaking about 'Religion' -- 1.3.4 Rituals and Liturgies -- 1.3.5 Sacraments as Rituals -- 1.4 Summary -- 2 The Ritual Frame of Sacraments -- 2.1 Understanding Ritual -- 2.1.1 Formality, Fixity, Repetition -- 2.1.2 Rituals as Differentiation -- 2.1.3 The Sacred and the Profane -- 2.1.4 Turning Chaos into Order -- 2.1.5 Transcendent Normativities -- 2.2 Indexical and Canonical Rituals -- 2.2.1 Inventing Ritual Traditions -- 2.2.2 Conventional Commitment -- 2.2.3 Questioning Conventions -- 2.3 Functioning and Effectiveness -- 2.3.1 Reconsidering Effectiveness -- 2.3.2 The Social Power of Ritual -- 2.3.3 Ritual Power in the Church -- 2.4 The Language of Ritual -- 2.4.1 Spells and Language Magic -- 2.4.2 Ritual as Communication -- 2.4.3 Situating Communication -- 2.4.4 Providing Ritual Language -- 2.4.5 Sacred, Secret Languages -- 2.5 Summary -- 3 Sacramental Change in Status -- 3.1 Taxonomic Ambiguousness -- 3.1.1 Sacramental Rites of Passage -- 3.1.2 Sacraments as Mixed Rites -- 3.2 Spiritual and Legal Change -- 3.2.1 Rites of Making Persons -- 3.2.2 Creating Legal Persons -- 3.2.3 Rites of Status Conferral -- 3.2.4 Rituals of Status Renewal. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (302 pages) |
| ISBN: | 100933011X |