Worship as Meaning A Liturgical Theology for Late Modernity [Hardcover]

An examination of Christian worship within the context of modern theories of meaning.How, in this age of belief, can we make sense of the act of Christian worship? Convinced that people shape their meanings from the meanings available to them, Graham Hughes inquires into liturgical constructions of meaning within the larger context of late twentieth-century meaning theory. Drawing particularly upon the work of Charles Peirce, Hughes employs semiotic theory to analyse the construction, transmission and apprehension of meaning within an actual worship service. This book will appeal to teachers and students of theology, to clergy and to informed lay Christians.How, in this age of belief, can we make sense of the act of Christian worship? Convinced that people shape their meanings from the meanings available to them, Graham Hughes inquires into liturgical constructions of meaning within the larger context of late twentieth-century meaning theory. Drawing particularly upon the work of Charles Peirce, Hughes employs semiotic theory to analyse the construction, transmission and apprehension of meaning within an actual worship service. This book will appeal to teachers and students of theology, to clergy and to informed lay Christians.How, in this age of belief, can we make sense of the act of Christian worship? Convinced that people shape their meanings from those available to them, Graham Hughes inquires into liturgical constructions of meaning, within the larger context of late twentieth-century meaning theory. Drawing particularly upon the work of Charles Peirce, Hughes employs semiotic theory to analyze the construction, transmission and apprehension of meaning within an actual worship service. This book will appeal to teachers and students of theology, clergy and informed lay Christians.Introduction; Part I. The Making of Meaning: 1. Meaning in worship; 2. 'Theory of Meaning' at the end of the twentieth century; 3. Dimensions of a theory of meaning for worship; Part Ilƒ˜