Maronite Liturgy as a Developmental Space for Its Emerging Adults in Lebanon

Maronite Liturgy as a Developmental Space for Its Emerging Adults in LebanonStudies in World ChristianitySyriaca.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/YYXHANLB/tei

Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

2024-08-15-04:00

Born digital.

CREATED: This bibl record was autogenerated from a Zotero record.RimaNasrallahRonelleSonnenbergMaronite Liturgy as a Developmental Space for Its Emerging Adults in Lebanonhttp://syriaca.org/cbss/YYXHANLBhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/a_comprehensive_bibliography_on_syriac_studies/items/YYXHANLBhttps://www.zotero.org/groups/4861694/items/YYXHANLBStudies in World Christianity28:32022267-286Based on empirical research, this article explores how Maronite young people participate in their church liturgy in Lebanon. It uses theories about religious identity development of emerging adults in general and Maronite identity in particular to analyse the data. It establishes that in a rapidly changing context, Maronite emerging adults interact with their church liturgy through a dynamic junction of commitment and exploration processes. The liturgical participation offers a space for engaging with the political, cultural and economic layers of what is called ‘maronitism’. The data harvested indicates that this liturgical participation is fraught with ambiguity and places the emerging adults’ social-spiritual identity in tension with the dominant discourses of their community maintained so far by both the religious and political elite. Nasrallah, Rima, and Ronelle Sonnenberg. “Maronite Liturgy as a Developmental Space for Its Emerging Adults in Lebanon.” Studies in World Christianity 28:3 (2022): 267–86. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3366/swc.2022.0400. Rima Nasrallah and Ronelle Sonnenberg, Maronite Liturgy as a Developmental Space for Its Emerging Adults in Lebanon, Studies in World Christianity 28:3 (2022): 267–86, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3366/swc.2022.0400.LebanonMaronitesXIX-XXI CEXXI CEidentityliturgics