CHRZEŚCIJAŃSKIE SAKRAMENTYW UJĘCIU TEORII AKTÓW MOWY
CHRISTIAN SACRAMENTS IN THE CONCEPT OF A SPEECH ACT

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with a problem of using the theory of a speech act in analysis of Christian sacraments in religious studies. Author 􀂿 nds the concept useful for many reasons. Mostly, religious studies are free of problem of truth, because the theory tells only about felicity of creating beliefs or not. According to S. Tambiah, it lets us analyse the scale of magic in religious rituals, also Christian, like sacramental practice. In the article different sacramental theologies, like Catholicism, Orthodox and different Protestant religions (Calvinism, Lutheranism) are looked at in terms of illocutionary power of words used during rituals and their effectiveness. It lets us illustrate the historical process of decreasing of the magical element in interpretation of basic Christian rituals.

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