Reviving Sacred Speech: The Meaning of Liturgical Language : Second Thoughts on Christ in Sacred Speech

by Ramshaw, Gail

• ISBN13: 9781878009364
• ISBN10: 1878009362
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Order of st Luke Pub

Author Biography

Gail Ramshaw is a scholar of liturgical language. She is active in the North American Academy of Liturgy and Societas Liturgica while teaching religion at LaSalle University in Philadelphia

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
Liturgical Language as Speech	p. 1
Rhetoric	p. 1
Metaphor	p. 7
Liturgy as Metaphoric Rhetoric	p. 9
Second Thoughts	p. 11
Liturgical Language as Sacred	p. 15
The Sacred	p. 15
The Sacred in Christianity	p. 16
Christian Rhetoric	p. 19
Christian Metaphor	p. 21
Second Thoughts	p. 23
The Paradox of "Sacred Speech"	p. 27
Mystics	p. 27
Theologians	p. 31
Yes-No-Yes	p. 32
Second Thoughts	p. 36
Names for God	p. 41
The Prayer of Thanksgiving	p. 41
The Gloria in Excelsis	p. 48
The Epiclesis	p. 53
The Trinity: The Aaronic Blessing	p. 56
New Names?	p. 58
Second Thoughts	p. 60
Metaphors for God	p. 66
The Morning Psalm	p. 66
The Agnus Dei	p. 69
"Veni Creator Spiritus"	p. 72
Verbs as Metaphors: "Veni Sancte Spiritus"	p. 75
Feminine Metaphors	p. 76
Second Thoughts	p. 79
Sacred Speech about Time	p. 82
Christian Time	p. 82
The Lord's Day: The Sunday Preface	p. 84
The Year: The Exsultet	p. 86
The Day: The Nunc Dimittis	p. 92
Second Thoughts	p. 95
Sacred Speech about Place	p. 100
Holy Place	p. 100
Christian Place Named	p. 104
Christian Place Implied: The Kyrie	p. 105
Christian Place Transformed: The Sanctus	p. 107
Second Thoughts	p. 109
Sacred Speech about Objects	p. 114
Holy Things	p. 114
Bread and Wine	p. 118
The Altar	p. 121
Water for Baptism	p. 123
The Font	p. 125
Second Thoughts	p. 126
Sacred Speech about the Assembly	p. 131
Death and Ashes	p. 132
Alive in the Spirit through Baptism	p. 134
With the Needy: The Intercessory Prayer	p. 136
With the Saints: The Virgin Mary and Mary Magdalene	p. 137
Second Thoughts	p. 141
Learning Sacred Speech	p. 146
The Child: Abba, Amen	p. 146
The Adult: The Nicene Creed	p. 148
The Assembly and the Lectionary	p. 151
The Preacher: The Liturgical Homily	p. 154
Second Thoughts	p. 158
Conclusion	p. 163
Notes	p. 168
A Second-Thoughts Bibliography	p. 177
Liturgical Texts	p. 178
Index	p. 179
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