Sociology and Liturgy Re-presentations of the Holy
This is a study of the social construction and the impression management of the public forms of worship of Catholicism and Anglicanism. Interest centres on the dilemmas of the liturgical actors in handling a transaction riddled with ambiguities and potent
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Sociology and Liturgy Re-presentations of the Holy
Kieran Flanagan
Lecturer in Sociology University of Bristol
©Kieran Flanagan 1991 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1991 978-0-333-55079-3 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Coun Road, London WIP 9HE. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. First published in Great Britain 1991 by THE MACMILLAN PRESS LTD Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 2XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
ISBN 978-0-230-37538-3 (eBook) ISBN 978-1-349-39017-5 DOI 10.1057/9780230375383
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First published in the United States of America 1991 by Scholarly and Reference Division, ST. MARTIN'S PRESS, INC., 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 ISBN 978-0-312-06874-5
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Flanagan, Kieran, 1944Sociology and liturgy : re-presentations of the holy/ Kieran Flanagan. p. em. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-312-06874-5 I. Liturgics-Sociological aspects. I. Title. BV178.F53 1991 306.6'64-dc20 91-24687 CIP
In memory of my father John F. Flanagan
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Contents Preface
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Introduction
1 Sociology and Theology: a Career in Misunderstanding
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2 Liturgical Theology: Some Sociological Implications
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Sociological Understandings of Liturgy: Some Aspects
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Angels and Surplices: Appearing as Holy Becoming A Rumour of Angels: Sociological Amplifications of the Incredible Cleanliness and Godliness: The Issue of Whiter Than White Surplices Experiences of Misunderstanding the Issue of Innocence
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5 Simulation and Dissimulation: Self-revealing Paradoxes Meaningful Limits to Impression Management Lies and Deception: Holy and Unholy Concealments of the Self Concealing as a Form of Revealing: A Defence of Virtuous Dissimulation
6 Holy and Unholy Rites: Lies and Mistakes in Liturgy
Action and Structure: An Ambiguous Interconnection Dark and Dumb Ceremonies: Fibs in Forms of Rite Ritual Malapropoisms: Handling Liturgical Misadventures
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7 Sacred and Profane Abasements
