Sublating Rationality: The Eucharist as an Existential Trial
The Eucharist as a pillar of Christian life and faith stands at the center of the Mass. It carries multi-dimensional meanings and functions, each of which addresses different aspects of the Christian life and mindset. The main question that we will attend to is what happens to the rational framework...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Innsbruck in cooperation with the John Hick Centre for Philosophy of Religion at the University of Birmingham
2021
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European journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2021, Volume: 13, Issue: 3, Pages: 27-57 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Eucharist
/ Consciousness
/ Faith
/ Phenomenology
/ Heidegger, Martin 1889-1976
/ Being
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism CB Christian life; spirituality VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
Faith and Belief
B Heidegger B Ontology B Eucharist |
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| Summary: | The Eucharist as a pillar of Christian life and faith stands at the center of the Mass. It carries multi-dimensional meanings and functions, each of which addresses different aspects of the Christian life and mindset. The main question that we will attend to is what happens to the rational framework of the believer or non-believer as s/he affirms or denies that the consecrated bread and wine are Christ's body and blood. Following Edward Schillebeeckx's phenomenological approach, it will be argued that such a reformulation of the rational framework accords with Heidegger's reevaluation of the question of Being. The present reading limits itself to the encounter between the mind and the phenomenon and does not proceed to the meaning of the Eucharist as part of the Mass and the crucifixion of Christ. As such this study is not a historical study nor a sociological or anthropological one. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: European journal for philosophy of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.24204/ejpr.2021.3212 |