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11: City as Liturgy (Timothy Patitsas)

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Understanding Liturgy as a Recursive System

Liturgy is akin to a recursive system where organic order is not meant to be understood all at once. It is comparable to getting to know a person incrementally rather than all at once. Liturgy operates like an algorithm, repeatedly running a basic equation with the results from each iteration, ultimately generating a fractal order. Just like a city's structure, liturgy addresses perennial issues by following patterned resolutions generated through a recursive process, similar to algorithms solving problems. Rituals associated with death also exemplify liturgy's recursive nature.

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