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Title: | Gathered Worship and the Immanent Frame: Misinterpreting and Reinterpreting God's Presence in Worship |
Authors: | Hill, Jesse |
Department: | Divinity College |
Keywords: | Gathered Worship, God's Presence in Worship, God's Presence, Charles Taylor, The Immanent Frame |
Publication Date: | Nov-2023 |
Abstract: | Christian theology (whether biblical or liturgical) generally affirms that God is somehow present in the setting of gathered worship. However, it is often the case that many worshippers themselves (and even ministers) might not perceive that God is present to the church in any discernible way, leading to worship practices that may functionally ignore God's presence, or that may attempt to conjure up some feeling that something transcendent is happening in worship. This thesis attempts to use Charles Taylor's concept of 'the immanent frame' to explain why believers and unbelievers alike might misinterpret worship. In doing so, this thesis applies Taylor's phenomenological methodology to several casual, popular-level accounts relating to perception of God's presence or absence in worship, revealing that the imminent frame does indeed come to bear on the ways in which people understand and experience worship, and suggesting that practitioners must learn to reinterpret worship. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/29221 |
Appears in Collections: | Divinity College Dissertations and Theses |
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