ABSTRACT
In addition to the narrative theory and method of Ruard Ganzevoort, we analysed the liturgical text, interviews and observations through the lens of several polarities, as proposed by Anderson and Foley. The main concern of Anderson and Foley is the connection between the human and divine story – in other words, between the story of the liturgy and the stories of human beings. Together with their pastoral interest, their concern runs parallel with the concerns of the present book. Their narrative-ritual theory informs both the method used in this book and the liturgical-theological reections in Part II. An important part of Anderson and Foley’s theory is formed by several polarities. We will now introduce these polarities, before applying them to our data sources.
