Liturgical gratitude to God

Joshua Cockayne; Gideon Salter

doi:10.3390/rel13090795

Liturgical gratitude to God

Joshua Cockayne^*, Gideon Salter^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Divinity

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Abstract

Gratitude to God is a core component of Christian liturgy; along with the countless hymns which express attitudes of thanks to God, Christian liturgy often includes acts of spoken gratitude, as well as prayers of thanksgiving. We argue that two aspects of liturgical gratitude distinguish it from gratitude more generally. First, liturgical gratitude is always scripted, leading to the worry that those who express gratitude do so disingenuously. Secondly, liturgical gratitude is always social in some way, as our gratitude is drawn into the worship of the community of the Church. The paper provides an account of liturgical gratitude that explores these two key distinctive features.

Original language	English
Article number	795
Number of pages	14
Journal	Religions
Volume	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13090795
Publication status	Published - 29 Aug 2022

Keywords

Gratitude
Liturgy
Group action
Joint action
Social ontology
Gratitude to God

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