CHRZEŚCIJAŃSKIE SAKRAMENTY W UJĘCIU TEORII AKTÓW MOWY

• Authors: Zbigniew Pasek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article deals with a problem of using the theory of a speech act in analysis of Christian sacraments in religious studies. Author finds the concept useful for many reasons. Mostly, religious studies are free of problem oftruth, because the theory tells only about felicity of creating beliefs or not. According to S. Tambiah, it lets us analyse the scale of magic in religious rituals, also Christian, like sacramental practice. In the article differentsacramental theologies, like Catholicism, Orthodox and different Protestant religions (Calvinism, Lutheranism) are looked at in terms of illocutionary power of words used during rituals and their effectiveness. It lets usillustrate the historical process of decreasing of the magical element in interpretation of basic Christian rituals.

Keywords

EN

concept of a speech act; religious studies; Christian sacraments; magic; religious language; performatives

• Publisher: AGH University of Science and Technology
• Journal: Studia Humanistyczne AGH
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 1

Dates

published

2012

online

2013-12-03

Contributors

author

Zbigniew Pasek

Identifiers

DOI

10.7494/human.2012.11.1.7