Common worship

Joshua Cockayne; David Efird

doi:10.5840/faithphil2018611103

Common worship

Joshua Cockayne
, David Efird

School of Divinity

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People of faith, particularly in the Judeo-Christian tradition, worship corporately at least as often, if not more so, than they do individually. Why do they do this? There are, of course, many reasons, some having to do with personal preference and others having to do with the theology of worship. But, in this paper, we explore one reason, a philosophical reason, which, despite recent work on the philosophy of liturgy, has gone underappreciated. In particular, we argue that corporate worship enables a person to come to know God better than they would otherwise know him in individual worship.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	299-325
Journal	Faith and Philosophy
Volume	35
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5840/faithphil2018611103
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2018

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