Liturgical Studies and Sacramental Theology

Research

The genuine task of liturgical studies and sacramental theology is

  • to systematically collect the liturgical practices of the entire Christian tradition.

 Also, the origin and development

  • of their ritual forms
  • as well as their substance regarding sacramental theology shall be explored.

This helps to understand and explain the existent liturgy/liturgies and their continuous need of reform. 
This leads to

  • the ecumenic and interreligious focus of liturgical studies on the one hand and
  • to its interdisciplinary cooperation, which is urged by its pluralism of methods, with the (especially dogmatic, biblical and pastoral) theological, humanities and social sciences disciplines.
Wellcome Library, London

Manuscript of the Mystery Book or Divine Liturgy, 1714. Copied by the scribe Eghiay Marzvantsi in Marzvan, a small village in historical Armenia Minor. Frontispiece depicting 'Communion of the Apostles', The Last Supper, and title page with text in letters in the shape of birds 'Oh Jesus Christ our Lord who art clothed',1714.

Other key research areas

The following research projects are being conducted in the Department of Liturgical Studies and Sacramental Theology at the University of Vienna:

  • Ordination Rites
  • Interim Missals after the 2nd Vatican Council
  • Fundamental Research of Rites according to "Comparative Liturgical Studies"
  • Byzantine Liturgical Studies

Doctoral Thesis (PhD)

Current Doctoral Theses (PhDs) being supervised or co-supervised in the field of liturgical studies (working titles)

  • Amrehn, Timo [Germany/Austria]:
    "Er heilt, die gebrochenen Herzens sind, er verbindet ihre Wunden" (Ps 147,3). Vulnerabilität in liturgischen Ritualen
  • Anoop, Chittaruvickal [India/Austria]:
    Resurrection as Union with Christ: A Comparative Study on the Eschatological Perspectives between the Service of Lazarus Saturday based on Mosul Fenqitho According to Malankara Syrian Catholic Church and the Homily of Jacob of Serugh on Lazarus.
  • Bradley, James [UK/USA]:
    The Liturgical Law of Divine Worship
  • Brahm, Daniyel [Germany]:
    Die vorweihnachtlichen Ḥusōye-Gebete der Syro-Antiochenischen Kirchen. Dekodierung des Ḥusōyō in der Syrischen Tradition
  • Cvjetkovic, Danijel N. [Bosnien-Herzegowina/Österreich]
    Sakrament (Mysterium) der Buße in der Serbisch-Orthodoxen Kirche – unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Einflusses der römisch-katholischen Theologie durch die Jahrhunderte
  • Dietl-Stade, Christina [Austria]:
    Liturgischer Dienst zwischen Taufe und Ordination – Eine pastoralliturgische Studie zu den Cheirothesien in der byzantinischen Orthodoxie
  • Garcia, Derlis Rogelio [USA]:
    The Latin–Spanish 1967 Transitional Missal in the Context of the Reform of the Liturgy in Latin America
  • George, Sijo [India/Austria]:
    Re-Reading the Reformation Movement in the Malankara Church: A Study of Liturgical Renewal
  • Haslwanter, Elias [Austria]:
    "Comple in sacerdote tuo mysterii tui summam". Eine liturgiewissenschaftliche und sakramententheologische Studie zur Sakramentalität der Bischofsweihe
  • Keisler-Dité, Alexandra Maria [Austria]:
    Anteil an Christi Leib in Zeiten der Covid-19-Pandemie. Die geistliche Kommunion als Notlösung, vollwertige Alternative oder als intensiverer Zugang? Mit spezifischem Blick auf das gottesdienstliche Geschehen in der Welt des Strafvollzugs
  • Kimes, Elizabeth [USA]:
    Towards a Theological Reading of Ritual and Liturgy in the Personal Ordinariates
  • Lloyd, Daniel [UK]:
    "An Honourable Estate": The Solemnisation of Holy Matrimony in Divine Worship
  • Mecheril, Mathew [India]:
    Role of the Liturgical Music in the Syro-Malabar Liturgy: A Search for the Identity of the Liturgical Music of the Syro-Malabar Church
  • Tadevosyan, Meri [Armenien/Österreich]
    Der Trauungsritus in der Armenischen Apostolischen Kirche. Eine Untersuchung seiner historischen Entwicklung und gegenwärtigen Praxis
  • Vettikkattil Marcose, Joshy Mon [India/Austria]:
    A Study of Historical and Theological Developments in the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick in the Syrian Orthodox Church in India
  • Yohanes Hagos, Yonas [Eritrea/Österreich]
    Words of Institution and Epiclesis in the Anaphoras of the Ge'ez Liturgical Tradition: Liturgico-Historical and Theological Analysis of the Anaphora of the Ethiopian and Eritrean Catholic Church
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