Christina M. Gschwandtner is professor of continental philosophy of religion at Fordham University.

Reading Religious Ritual with Ricoeur provides a thought-provoking explication of an important part of religious experience that would do well to become standard reading for scholars, philosophers, and those who partake in religious ritual.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations of Frequently Cited WorksPart I: Reading Ricoeur toward RitualChapter 1: Symbolism, Myth, and the Move to Second Naïveté Chapter 2: Scripture, Narrative, and the Move to ActionChapter 3: Ethics, Justice, and the Move to WisdomInterlude:Liturgy and HermeneuticsPart II: Reading Ritual with RicoeurChapter 4: Liturgical Truth: Fidelity, Attestation, ManifestationChapter 5: Liturgical Meaning: Prefiguration, Configuration, RefigurationChapter 6: Liturgical Language: Symbolism, Polyphony, DialogueChapter 7: Liturgical Imagination: Memory, Creativity, TraditionChapter 8: Liturgical Identity: Confession, Conversion, CommunityConclusionBibliography

Christina M. Gschwandtner is professor of continental philosophy of religion at Fordham University.

Reading Religious Ritual with Ricoeur provides a thought-provoking explication of an important part of religious experience that would do well to become standard reading for scholars, philosophers, and those who partake in religious ritual.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations of Frequently Cited WorksPart I: Reading Ricoeur toward RitualChapter 1: Symbolism, Myth, and the Move to Second Naïveté Chapter 2: Scripture, Narrative, and the Move to ActionChapter 3: Ethics, Justice, and the Move to WisdomInterlude:Liturgy and HermeneuticsPart II: Reading Ritual with RicoeurChapter 4: Liturgical Truth: Fidelity, Attestation, ManifestationChapter 5: Liturgical Meaning: Prefiguration, Configuration, RefigurationChapter 6: Liturgical Language: Symbolism, Polyphony, DialogueChapter 7: Liturgical Imagination: Memory, Creativity, TraditionChapter 8: Liturgical Identity: Confession, Conversion, CommunityConclusionBibliography

Christina M. Gschwandtner is professor of continental philosophy of religion at Fordham University.

Reading Religious Ritual with Ricoeur provides a thought-provoking explication of an important part of religious experience that would do well to become standard reading for scholars, philosophers, and those who partake in religious ritual.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbbreviations of Frequently Cited WorksPart I: Reading Ricoeur toward RitualChapter 1: Symbolism, Myth, and the Move to Second Naïveté Chapter 2: Scripture, Narrative, and the Move to ActionChapter 3: Ethics, Justice, and the Move to WisdomInterlude:Liturgy and HermeneuticsPart II: Reading Ritual with RicoeurChapter 4: Liturgical Truth: Fidelity, Attestation, ManifestationChapter 5: Liturgical Meaning: Prefiguration, Configuration, RefigurationChapter 6: Liturgical Language: Symbolism, Polyphony, DialogueChapter 7: Liturgical Imagination: Memory, Creativity, TraditionChapter 8: Liturgical Identity: Confession, Conversion, CommunityConclusionBibliography