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Ecclesial Freedom and Psychological Wholeness: Alexander Schmemann’s Approach to Liturgical Theology

by Robert M. Arida

Those intimately familiar with the writings and lectures of Father Alexander Schmemann will readily admit that he often looked at psychology with a skeptical eye. Nevertheless, one should not hastily conclude that Father Schmemann was unaware of the psychological dimensions of liturgical worship.

Robert M. Arida

The Very Rev. Robert M. Arida is the retired rector and dean of Holy Trinity Orthodox Cathedral in Boston, Massachusetts. He is a graduate of Saint Vladimir’s Seminary. Some of his published and unpublished articles and essays can be found on the Holy Trinity website at http://www.holytrinityorthodox.org

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