Thesis (M. Div.)--St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, 1991. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 42-43).

For the realization of forest feast, I chose the form of a happening, and consciously find myself on the edge of art and ritual. I see art as both artifacts created a situation for forest receptions, so the process of formation and reflection receptions, concept or screenplay. Different variants of scenarios that stand in zákadě events I describe below in thinking about work. Also, the script for which I have reached the gradual development considerations, is to read the below invitation to the event, enclosed in the picture. A Feast For example, in ancient Greece began and ended the festival of sacrifice to the gods. I decided to accentuate this motive. The victim from receiving food, waiver of thanksgiving everyday dish deepens, it becomes a conscious activity. In the Christian world has in this sense, the greatest significance of the Last Supper, its symbolism are the most important ritual in the Christian Mass. The feast of Christ gradually became a major theme in the history of art to the modernist and contemporary design. However, I wanted to draw your own version of a symbolic feast as it is for me the key theme of the relationship between man and nature, I placed a feast to the natural landscape. That is my role model in the theater of orgies and mysteries Herman Nitsch and installation Woman House Dinner Party by Judy Chicago. My happening also counts with people, which is thought imminent. Already during previous meetings with small domestic fire, we realized that it is an intimate ritual and should be well participants choose to debate with them about the situation, well brighten intention. Some of the invited guests with my thoughts directly disagreed and refused to participate. That's why I later reviewed, it is a community event. Close relationships that are fundamental perception of that experience helps a reality shared apartment, in the city center on Minority 12. Here, daily life is characterized by the features of a small community. One of the reasons why some invitees refused participation is likely that not so common reality. They do not have a clear awareness of the artistic realities and contexts that allow action should be viewed with a certain detachment, as a result of some conceptual activity of the author. Flavor through community acquires a more significant role if Ideally happening repeat (turns into a ritual), but this time actually with cultivars, products directly in preparation for this purpose. So in terms of actual conscious experience of the origin of food and the principle of submission (the victim): That is their commitment to a particular location to maintain the robust earth energy. The issue of my presentation happening is an issue. I think there is a need, the essence lies in the internal happenings and common experiences of the people involved. Therefore I kept an open space, which form when presenting choose. During implementation, however, consistently work documents. Some moments, however, are not transferable camera. Thus documenting the needs of the thesis and its presentation. Ideally, in the future feasts I want to accentuate documentation retreat.

Thesis advisor: Robert Imbelli / Grace sows the seeds of God's sacred word in every human life. One of theology's most important functions is to furnish people with ways of perceiving these divine intimations in their concrete lives and relationships. Orientation to transcendental mystery is the sine qua non for initiation into faith. Theology must therefore lead people more deeply into the mystery of everyday existence as a preparation for the Christian life. At the same time, theology aims at expounding Christian teaching in as clear and intelligible a manner as possible. Theology accomplishes this by adapting its modes of presenting doctrine to the needs and capabilities of its addressees. This two-fold responsibility is properly understood as theology's mystagogical task. This dissertation argues that film is a crucial reference point for mystagogy--a locus mystagogicus. Film interprets human experience in ways conceptual theology cannot. It is thus a rich source for theological reflection. Theology is also an indispensable resource for film interpretation and a natural dialogue partner since it seeks to disclose the deepest dimensions of existence. More importantly, film needs theology as the hermeneutic that formally interprets religious experience--something that many human beings only vaguely sense, often misunderstand, and can easily misrepresent. With the help of film experts, theology can turn its discerning eyes to the stories and images of film and present viewers with a unique language by which they can articulate a response to their film experience. Film thus requires theology to bear witness to its artistry when it does succeed in opening people in wonder and humility to the ever-greater God. This dissertation in Catholic systematic theology investigates the theoretical and practical conditions of possibility for film as a locus for and of mystagogy. The question that it attempts to clarify is the extent to which Karl Rahner's fundamental theology provides an apposite and needed model for the way Catholic theology relates to film. There are three basic goals: (1) to outline existing ecclesial and theological foundations for a Catholic theology of film by way of a survey of magisterial documents on cinema and the writings of individual Catholic theologians and film scholars; (2) to provide greater theological grounding for Catholic approaches to film by developing the model that film is a locus mystagogicus on the basis of Rahner's transcendental method, creative retrieval of ancient mystagogy, and theological aesthetics; and (3) to test the viability and vitality of this model by way of analysis of the film Babette's Feast. / Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2010. / Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. / Discipline: Theology.

Šiame darbe analizuojama kalendorinių švenčių tradicijos kaitos procesai pradedant tarpukariu ir baigiant nepriklausomybės laikotarpiu. Darbe nagrinėjama kaip skirtingais laikotarpiais vienos jų toliau tebešvenčiamos, kitos naujai atsiradusios išnyksta ar sėkmingai prigyja. Atkreipiamas dėmesys į kaitos procesą įtakojančias priežastis. Darbo objektas – teorinė tradicijos samprata ir kalendorinių švenčių tradicijos suvokimo kaita tarpukario, sovietmečio ir nepriklausomybės laikotarpiais. Darbe siekta apžvelgti teorinę tradicijos sąvokos traktuotę filosofiniame, istoriniame kontekstuose bei atlikti kalendorinių švenčių kaitos proceso analizę periodiniuose leidiniuose, remiantis trimis istoriniais laikotarpiais: tarpukariu, sovietmečiu, nepriklausomybe. Nuo XVIII a. iki XX a. šimtmečio tradicija laikyta barjeru, slopinančiu individualaus žmogaus vystymąsi ir kūrybą. Susiformavusi opozicija, galutinai atskyrė „gėrį“ nuo „blogio“, t.y. tradiciją nuo modernybės. Atraminė tradicijos sąvoka daugelio mokslininkų apribojama XVIII-XIX a. Tokie požiūriai į tradiciją, kaip parodė atlikta analizė, nėra išnykęs iki šiol. Kalendorinių švenčių aktualumas nemaža dalimi priklauso ne tik nuo žmonių poreikio, tačiau kartu ir nuo valstybės politinės, ekonominės situacijos. Svarbiausiomis šventėmis laikytos Kūčios, Kalėdos ir Velykos, atkartojančios religines ir etninės kultūros tradicijas, išliko mažiausiai pakitusios, nors religinis turinys stipriai sumenkęs. Toks elgesys „iš tradicijos“ gali... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / This work analyses the changes of calendar feasts traditions beginning with interwar period and leading to independent period. This work deals with a question of how some feasts are still being celebrated in different eras, when at the same time new one disappear or flourish, circumstances of such a processes are considered. Main topic of work is theoretical understanding of tradition and calendar feasts traditions during periods of interwar, soviet and independence. Work is focused upon theoretical understanding of tradition in philosophical and historical context, as well as trying to accomplish analysis of the changes of calendar feasts in periodical publications by invoking three historical eras: interwar, soviet occupation and independence. Starting from 18th century up until 20th century tradition was thought as barrier suppressing human development and creativity. Such an attitude conclusively distinguished ’’good’’ and ’’evil’’, tradition and modernity. By many scientists, notion of tradition is restricted from 18th century to 19th century. Analysis shows, that suchlike positions are still alive. The importance of calendar feasts depends not only on needs of human beings but just as well on political and economical situation of particular State. Least changes are seen on those feasts which were considered to be the most important, Christmas Eve, Christmas and Easter, although religious content is much weaker. Such behaviour ’’from tradition’’ might be conditioned... [to full text]

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Submitted by Noeme Timbo (noeme.timbo@metodista.br) on 2018-03-20T16:54:13Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Silvano Lessi.pdf: 1232073 bytes, checksum: aa3ddfebdca742394d0e88a6e69c5c69 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-03-20T16:54:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Silvano Lessi.pdf: 1232073 bytes, checksum: aa3ddfebdca742394d0e88a6e69c5c69 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-10-05 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The research deals with the three most important Judaic Feasts: The Feast of Pesah ( Feast of Unleavened Bread), The Feast of Weeks and the Feast of Tabernacles, with a theoretical basis that has the view of the biblical books of The Old Testaments. As backdrop, this research has used the content of Deuteronomy 16, 1-17. It's said that it wasn't for sure when each of these feasts appeared, but it was said that these feasts have suffered alterations in the course of time until nowadays. The comparisons made through the study of the texts in The Old Testaments have given a better view about these alterations. The unification of The Feast of Pesah with The Feast of Unleavened bread since they were close by each other in the Judaic calendar was one of the most important alterations. Another one was the centralization of the three important feasts in the temple of Jerusalem. The analysis also shows the impacts that these changes have caused over the people of Israel. The people who used to celebrate the feasts in a familiar surrounding had to change the place of their worship. The change made by King Josiah also had a great impact over the Jewish people. It's said that such change had a political and economic reason. At last, it was analyzed the changes that had occurred in the calendar of the feasts. The Feast of Pesah which used to be celebrated in the month of Tisri was then celebrated in the month of Abib, in Deuteronomy 16, 1-17. / A pesquisa trabalha as três principais Festas judaicas: Festa do pesah (juntamente com a Festa dos pães ázimos), Festa das semanas e a Festa das tendas, trazendo um embasamento teórico que perpassa os livros bíblicos do Antigo Testamento. Como pano de fundo principal, esta pesquisa utilizou o conteúdo de Deuteronômio 16,1-17. Pode-se dizer que não se conseguiu afirmar quando surgiram cada uma das Festas, entretanto observou-se que estas Festas sofreram transformações no decorrer do tempo até os dias de hoje. As comparações feitas através do estudo de textos do Antigo Testamento deram uma visão melhor sobre estas transformações. A unificação da Festa do pesah com a Festa dos pães ázimos, por serem Festas próximas uma da outra no calendário judaico, foi uma das transformações importantes. Outra foi a centralização das três principais Festas no templo de Jerusalém. A análise também perpassa pelos impactos que estas mudanças causaram sobre o povo de Israel. O povo que tinha por costume comemorar as Festas num ambiente familiar teve que mudar o local de suas adorações. A reforma feita pelo rei Josias também teve grande impacto para o povo judeu. Podemos dizer que esta reforma teve uma finalidade política e econômica. Por fim, também foram analisadas as mudanças que ocorreram no calendário das três Festas. A Festa do pesah que era comemorada no mês de Tisri passa a ser comemorado no mês de Abib no livro de Deuteronômio 16,1-17

This thesis examines the role played by non-human creation in the liturgies for the feast of Holy Pascha (Easter), of the twelve major feasts of the Orthodox Church, and of the period of Great Lent. Applying to liturgical texts and practices the methodology developed by Paul Ricoeur for biblical interpretation, the thesis argues that the kind of world opened by these liturgies allows for the participation of non-human creatures in the liturgy and thus is amenable to an ecological theology. It investigates the implications of the liturgical texts for contemporary theological reflection about salvation, incarnation, sin, and theosis in light of the ecological crisis and the frequent Orthodox claim that the liturgy is ‘cosmic’ in scope. Chapter 1 looks at the role of non-human creation in the Paschal/Pentecost season and lays out the case for the need to include all of creation. Chapter 2 focuses on the feasts of the incarnation and argues for a more inclusive theological interpretation of the incarnation. Chapter 3 examines the liturgies of Lent and Holy Week and develops hamartiological implications of the ecological crisis. The final chapter focuses on the feasts of Theophany and the Transfiguration and proposes a view of theosis that extends beyond humans.

In the late Middle Ages, there was a series of instances wherein knights vowed upon birds. Two of these, the first and the last, are historical events: The Feast of the Swans with Edward I in England on 22 May 1306 and the Feast of the Pheasant with Philip the Good in the duchy of Burgundy on 17 February 1454. Edward I held the Feast of the Swans as part of his son's dubbing ceremony, including the entire court taking vows on two swans. The Feast of the Pheasant was an elaborate banquet that Philip the Good used to gather support for a crusade. The other three are literary texts: the Voeux du paon, the Voeux de l’épervier, and the Voeux du héron. The Voeux du Paon contains an account of a group of nobility connected to Alexander the Great at a truce banquet. One of the prisoners accidentally kills a lady's peacock and the group decides to take vows on it before recommencing battle. The Voeux de l’épervier concerns Henry VII of Luxembourg en route to Italy to claim the title of Holy Roman Emperor. One of his knights accidentally kills a sparrowhawk and they decide, as a court, to take vows on it. Lastly, the Voeux du héron depicts Robert d' Artois inciting Edward III to initiate the Hundred Years' War over a heron. Each of these instances creates a sub-set, the bird vow cycle, within medieval vowing tradition. The origin of the bird vow cycle lies within that vowing tradition. John L. Grigsby has declared these instances as a crystallization of the gab convention of medieval literature. However, Grigsby ignored the Feast of the Swans and the Feast of the Pheasant since he was concentrated on defining a literary genre. This thesis attempts to show the bird vow cycle as connected this this literary tradition, but also a crystallization of the courtly culture that had developped in the late Middle Ages. It also attempts to show the origins of this cycle—it not only came out of a vowing tradition, but also is tied to King Arthur traditions. The culture of the late Middle Ages was nostalgic and looking back towards an idealistic version of the past—whether in legends like Arthur or historical figures like Alexander. Thus, the knightly bird vow cycle was a particular example of that fantasy in their culture. In conclusion, this thesis not only gathers together what literature there is on the knightly bird vow cycle, but it places it within a literary and historical context. The knightly bird vow cycle would not have been possible without a culture obsessed with fantasy and idealistic courtly culture.

O modo de produção capitalista, através de seus mecanismos de expansão, traz como expediente mais latente a acumulação de infindáveis bens e a exacerbação do uso dos recursos naturais, fator desencadeado pelo consumo. As festas populares, uma das categorias e formas de expressão das culturas subalternas calcadas na historicidade, estão submetidas à avalanche das ideologias propagadas pela comunicação midiática. Isto fragiliza sobremaneira os atributos culturais destas manifestações, colocando em risco práticas libertárias que operam à revelia do grande capital e que estão centradas no cotidiano. O estudo das festas populares em questão, a Festa do Divino Espírito Santo e a Festa do Pinhão da Estância Climática de Cunha, visa enaltecer o elo entre identidade cultural e culturas subalternas. Esta relação se revela como prodigioso instrumento de comunicação que, através de meios materiais e simbólicos, transmitem ao longo do tempo um diverso legado fundamentado nas relações entre as comunidades e a natureza. As práticas festivas demonstram, doravante, um potencial pleno para a realização da consciência dos sujeitos receptores. Como objetos cognoscíveis do conhecimento as festas populares são expressas e reveladas no contexto acadêmico com o fito altaneiro de contribuir para as teorias da cultura e da comunicação. / The way of capitalist production, through its mechanisms of expansion, brings as expeditious more latent the accumulation of endless goods and the exacerbation of the use of the natural resources, factor unchained for the consumption. The popular feasts, one of the categories and forms of expression of the subordinate cultures sidewalk in the history, are submitted to the avalanche of the ideologies propagated for the media communication. This frail excessively the cultural attributes of these manifestations, placing at risk practical libertarians who operate to the default of the great capital and they are centered in the daily one. The study of the popular feasts in question, the Feast of the Holy Ghost Saint and the Feast of the Nut of the Climatic Station of Cunha, it aims at to exalt the link between cultural identity and popular feasts. This relation if discloses as prodigious instrument of communication that, through half as symbolic materials and, transmits throughout the time a diverse cultural legacy based on the relations between the social groups and the nature. Practical the festive ones demonstrate, following, a full potential for the usage of the conscience of the receiving citizens. As objects of the knowledge they show in the academic context a look with in the high spirits to contribute for the theories of the culture and the communication.

O modo de produção capitalista, através de seus mecanismos de expansão, traz como expediente mais latente a acumulação de infindáveis bens e a exacerbação do uso dos recursos naturais, fator desencadeado pelo consumo. As festas populares, uma das categorias e formas de expressão das culturas subalternas calcadas na historicidade, estão submetidas à avalanche das ideologias propagadas pela comunicação midiática. Isto fragiliza sobremaneira os atributos culturais destas manifestações, colocando em risco práticas libertárias que operam à revelia do grande capital e que estão centradas no cotidiano. O estudo das festas populares em questão, a Festa do Divino Espírito Santo e a Festa do Pinhão da Estância Climática de Cunha, visa enaltecer o elo entre identidade cultural e culturas subalternas. Esta relação se revela como prodigioso instrumento de comunicação que, através de meios materiais e simbólicos, transmitem ao longo do tempo um diverso legado fundamentado nas relações entre as comunidades e a natureza. As práticas festivas demonstram, doravante, um potencial pleno para a realização da consciência dos sujeitos receptores. Como objetos cognoscíveis do conhecimento as festas populares são expressas e reveladas no contexto acadêmico com o fito altaneiro de contribuir para as teorias da cultura e da comunicação. / The way of capitalist production, through its mechanisms of expansion, brings as expeditious more latent the accumulation of endless goods and the exacerbation of the use of the natural resources, factor unchained for the consumption. The popular feasts, one of the categories and forms of expression of the subordinate cultures sidewalk in the history, are submitted to the avalanche of the ideologies propagated for the media communication. This frail excessively the cultural attributes of these manifestations, placing at risk practical libertarians who operate to the default of the great capital and they are centered in the daily one. The study of the popular feasts in question, the Feast of the Holy Ghost Saint and the Feast of the Nut of the Climatic Station of Cunha, it aims at to exalt the link between cultural identity and popular feasts. This relation if discloses as prodigious instrument of communication that, through half as symbolic materials and, transmits throughout the time a diverse cultural legacy based on the relations between the social groups and the nature. Practical the festive ones demonstrate, following, a full potential for the usage of the conscience of the receiving citizens. As objects of the knowledge they show in the academic context a look with in the high spirits to contribute for the theories of the culture and the communication.