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Liturgy and Modernity

Efforts to find alternatives to liberal individualism and, in particular, problems relating to social fragmentation and the construction of the self have generated interest in a liturgical critique of modernity. The deployment of liturgy as a political category, however, needs to be examined carefully. First, liturgy is a special case of ritual behavior. In addition to designating the commitment of individuals or communities to particular traditions, liturgy occupies a unique mediating position between art and politics, which ensures that the political can transcend its own immediate ends and, at the same time, prevent the artistic from lapsing into a "magic...