<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The present study addresses new insights into the interdependent relationship between social and liturgical change by examining the Jewish community in Hong Kong. It shows how social change affects liturgical practice, and how liturgical change, on its turn, leads to social change. The changes of the social are to be considered primarily on the meso level and the micro level. Concerning the liturgical, primarily liturgical practice, i.e. the performance of liturgical services, as well as liturgical attitudes of individuals, liturgical participation and liturgical reception are the focus of the analysis. New forms of liturgical participation in the age of new communication technologies are also presented and their social and liturgical relevance is examined.</p></abstract>

The present study addresses new insights into the interdependent relationship between social and liturgical change by examining the Jewish community in Hong Kong. It shows how social change affects liturgical practice, and how liturgical change, on its turn, leads to social change. The changes of the social are to be considered primarily on the meso level and the micro level. Concerning the liturgical, primarily liturgical practice, i.e. the performance of liturgical services, as well as liturgical attitudes of individuals, liturgical participation and liturgical reception are the focus of the analysis. New forms of liturgical participation in the age of new communication technologies are also presented and their social and liturgical relevance is examined.

The Interdependence between Social and Liturgical Change. An Empirical Investigation on the Case of the Jewish Community in Hongkong

Philosophische Fakultät der Leibniz-Universität Hannover/Orthodoxe Theologische Fakultät der „Lucian Blaga“-Universität, Sibiu

Review of Ecumenical Studies Sibiu

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The present study addresses new insights into the interdependent relationship between social and liturgical change by examining the Jewish community in Hong...

The Interdependence between Social and Liturgical Change. An Empirical Investigation on the Case of the Jewish Community in Hongkong

Publicado en línea: 22 ago 2017

Páginas: 270 - 289

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ress-2017-0019

Palabras clave
social change, liturgical change, religion and diaspora, religion and identity, religion and new media, digital religion, religion and internet, Judaism, progressive Judaism, Reform Judaism

© 2017 Alina Pătru, published by De Gruyter Open

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

The Interdependence between Social and Liturgical Change. An Empirical Investigation on the Case of the Jewish Community in Hongkong

Publicado en línea: 22 ago 2017

Páginas: 270 - 289

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ress-2017-0019

Palabras clavesocial change, liturgical change, religion and diaspora, religion and identity, religion and new media, digital religion, religion and internet, Judaism, progressive Judaism, Reform Judaism

© 2017 Alina Pătru, published by De Gruyter Open

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

Palabras clave
social change, liturgical change, religion and diaspora, religion and identity, religion and new media, digital religion, religion and internet, Judaism, progressive Judaism, Reform Judaism