Rites of Incensing: A Liturgico-Theological Analysis of Incense in the Roman and Syriac Liturgies

Rites of Incensing: A Liturgico-Theological Analysis of Incense in the Roman and Syriac LiturgiesSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference PortalThe National Endowment for the HumanitiesThe International Balzan Prize FoundationDavid A. Michelsoncbsc_adminRecord added to Zotero bycbsc_adminSyriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portalhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/C9LP4D6A/tei

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CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.LijuKoshyRites of Incensing: A Liturgico-Theological Analysis of Incense in the Roman and Syriac Liturgieshttp://syriaca.org/cbss/C9LP4D6Ahttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/C9LP4D6Ahttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/C9LP4D6A2023This project aims to establish a liturgical theology of incensing and also to discover the theological connections and relationship across the different rites, especially between the East and West, and to investigate the distinctive features of the Western and Eastern traditions through a consistent focus on the Roman Rite and the other two Eastern liturgical Rites, namely Syro-Malabar (East Syriac) and Syro-Malankara (West Syriac).The project commences with a brief historical survey of the rite of incensing in the christian worship. The second part of the project focuses on the textual and ritual analysis of the prayers, gestures and rubrics regarding incensing. The third part deals an inter-ritual comparitive theological discussion on incensing in the light of the previous analysis. The final part of the project examines the pastoral significance of incensing in the present liturgical world. Our working hypothesis is that the rite of incensing as a tangible, sensual, and concrete symbol in realizing the process of theosisin liturgical celebrations provides various theological and spiritual meanings and symbolisms and, therefore, can serve as an authentic source for a theology of incensing in the Church. Koshy, Liju. “Rites of Incensing: A Liturgico-Theological Analysis of Incense in the Roman and Syriac Liturgies.” Ph.D. dissertation, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 2023. Liju Koshy, Rites of Incensing: A Liturgico-Theological Analysis of Incense in the Roman and Syriac Liturgies (Ph.D. dissertation, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 2023).