<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The historical kiss of peace between Polish Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl in Krzyżowa/Kreisau in 1989 serves as an example for how existential experiences can profoundly impact and even alter liturgy. However, liturgy can also be an obstacle for the further reflection and processing of such experiences, if they are not taken up in the liturgical setting. The political situation of a divided Europe as well as the Cold War following World War II indicate a unique situation in recent history that concernes believers all over the world. The question that results from taking this immediate past seriously is what kind of experiences liturgy can and should address (and in what form) and if there might be experiences or forms of handling such experiences that threaten the power of the ritual.</p></abstract>

The historical kiss of peace between Polish Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl in Krzyżowa/Kreisau in 1989 serves as an example for how existential experiences can profoundly impact and even alter liturgy. However, liturgy can also be an obstacle for the further reflection and processing of such experiences, if they are not taken up in the liturgical setting. The political situation of a divided Europe as well as the Cold War following World War II indicate a unique situation in recent history that concernes believers all over the world. The question that results from taking this immediate past seriously is what kind of experiences liturgy can and should address (and in what form) and if there might be experiences or forms of handling such experiences that threaten the power of the ritual.

Liturgical Development between Ecclesiastical Normativity and Societal Perception

Universitätsassistent, Institut für Liturgiewissenschaft und Sakramententheologie an der Theologischen Fakultät der Katholischen Privat-Universität Linz

Review of Ecumenical Studies Sibiu

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The historical kiss of peace between Polish Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki and German Chancellor Helmut Kohl in Krzyżowa/Kreisau in 1989 serves as an...

Liturgical Development between Ecclesiastical Normativity and Societal Perception

Published Online: Aug 22, 2017

Page range: 215 - 230

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ress-2017-0016

Keywords
ecclesial normativity, development of liturgy, kiss of peace, existential experience, liturgical expressions

© 2017 Florian Wegscheider, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Liturgical Development between Ecclesiastical Normativity and Societal Perception

Published Online: Aug 22, 2017

Page range: 215 - 230

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ress-2017-0016

Keywordsecclesial normativity, development of liturgy, kiss of peace, existential experience, liturgical expressions

© 2017 Florian Wegscheider, published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
ecclesial normativity, development of liturgy, kiss of peace, existential experience, liturgical expressions