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Liturgical Modes of Knowing : Coming to Know God (and Oneself) in Sixth-Century Hymns and Homilies
Gador-Whyte, Sarah Elizabeth
Gador-Whyte, Sarah Elizabeth
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This chapter investigates a liturgical mode of knowledge-creation in the sixth century. Romanos the Melodist, a late ancient hymnographer, and Leontius, a preacher in Constantinople, each attempt to build knowledge and understanding of the divine by immersing their listeners in an emotional, sensory, and dramatic liturgical world. Through narrative techniques interwoven with ritual performance, Romanos and Leontius work to shape their listeners’ emotional responses to and sensory appreciation of the divine. This chapter argues that these sixth-century writers put their listeners through a liturgical purification of the mind (senses, emotions, intellect) so that they may grow into a higher spiritual knowledge.
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hymnography, homiletics, emotions, senses, liturgy, lay religious formation
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2023
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The Intellectual World of Late Antique Christianity: Reshaping Classical Traditions
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548-568
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Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry
Faculty of Theology and Philosophy
Faculty of Theology and Philosophy
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