Real presence under digital conditions?

Autor(en)

Dorothee Bauer, Jan-Heiner Tück

Abstrakt

During the Covid-19 pandemic, Christians were prevented from receiving the Eucharist for the first time in history due to the sus-pension of public church services. Various digital liturgical offers such as live-stream services were developed and improved to compensate for this loss. Discussing the pastoral chances and theological limits of digitalization in religious contexts, the authors conclude that physical participation in the Eucharistic liturgy cannot be substituted by vir-tual offers. Regarding the often-distorted perception of time during the pandemic, they highlight the therapeutic dimension of the Eucharist, in which the past, present, and future are interwoven (signum rememo-rativum, signum demonstrativum, and signum prognosticum). To realize the gift of the Eucharist and to gain a new awareness of the salutary and transforming presence of Christ, the authors point to the practice of Eucharistic adoration, which nevertheless remains oriented towards the communal celebration of the Eucharist and the real encounter with Christ in Communion.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Systematische Theologie und Ethik

Journal

Dansk Teologisk Tidsskrift

Band

85

Seiten

35-59

Anzahl der Seiten

25

DOI

https://doi.org/10.7146/dtt.v85i1.132856

Publikationsdatum

06-2022

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

603205 Dogmatische Theologie

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Arts and Humanities(all)

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/real-presence-under-digital-conditions(ce9ef718-37d4-43eb-9107-39f88ed232e8).html