Holy Communion in Contagious Times

Holy Communion in Contagious Times
Author: Richard A. Burridge
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2022-01-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1725285789

Can the church celebrate the eucharist in "contagious times," like the coronavirus pandemic, and if so, how? In this book, Richard Burridge investigates a wide range of proposed options, both in the everyday physical world (fasting the eucharist, spiritual communion, solo and concelebrated communions, lay presidency, drive-in and drive-thru eucharists, and extended communion) and in cyberspace (computer services for avatars, broadcast eucharists online, and narrowcast communions using webinar software like Zoom). Along the way, he tackles the whole range of concepts of the church, ordination, and the eucharist. This book is essential reading for anyone desiring an informed and provocative guide to the theology and practice of holy communion in our challenging times.

Eucharistic Presidency

Eucharistic Presidency
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 72
Release: 1997
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780715138045

This report is the result of a study and consultation of the House of Bishops, asking how firmly grounded is the Church of England's inherited tradition that the person who presides at the Eucharist must be an ordained priest. It discusses the ministry of the whole people of God, the distinctive ministry of the ordained, the place of the Eucharist in the life of the Church, and the role of the person who presides at it.

Laity and Participation

Laity and Participation
Author: Thomas Hoebel
Publisher: Peter Lang
Total Pages: 408
Release: 2006
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9783039105038

Right across denominational boundaries lay theology is dominated by negatives: the laity simply defined as the non-ordained, the alleged exclusion of the laity from full participation, the sole focus on what they cannot or should not do, and, above all, the total absence of an ecumenical lay theology. In a unique approach, this volume sets out to find ways of overcoming these negatives so predominant in current lay theology. The author explores positions and perspectives put forward in Roman Catholic theology from Vatican II up to the present. These are compared and contrasted with concepts and suggestions of present-day Anglican Theology as well as with those of liberative theologies in Latin America and Asia. Rethinking the content, language, and metaphors of lay theology, in the final part of this volume the author proposes a new image for discussing the Church, a model focusing on the interdependence and collaboration of all the people in the Church. This is then used to sketch out the framework for a new type of lay theology. Imbedded in ecclesiology, in the concept of all believers together being the Church, the author endeavours to suggest a lay theology that is indeed positive, ecumenical and universal.

The Theory and Practice of Extended Communion

The Theory and Practice of Extended Communion
Author: Phillip Tovey
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 211
Release: 2016-02-24
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1317014200

Three churches have recently produced liturgies for 'extended communion'. This is the distribution of previously consecrated elements at a public service by lay people or a deacon in the absence of a priest. This development began in the Roman Catholic Church with the Vatican 'Directory on Sunday Worship in the absence of a priest' in 1988. The Methodist Church produced a service of Extended Communion in 1999, and the Church of England authorized 'Public Worship with Communion by Extension' in 2001. In this book Phillip Tovey examines these churches to discover the reasons for the production of these services and their theological rationale. An in-depth examination of case studies draws conclusions highly relevant to the wider church.

A Companion to Anglican Eucharistic Theology

A Companion to Anglican Eucharistic Theology
Author: Brian Douglas
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 800
Release: 2012
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004221263

Anglican eucharistic theology varies between the different philosophical assumptions of realism and nominalism. This book presents case studies from the 20th Century to the Present and avoids the hermeneutic idealism of particular church parties by critically examining the Anglican eucharistic tradition.

Evangelical Eucharistic Thought in the Church of England

Evangelical Eucharistic Thought in the Church of England
Author: Christopher J. Cocksworth
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1993-01-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780521404419

This book studies the way the central act of Christian worship (variously known as the Eucharist, the Lord's Supper, the Holy Communion, and the Mass) has been treated in the thought and practice of the Evangelical tradition in the Church of England. Evangelicals are not associated with an emphasis on the Eucharist, and Dr. Cocksworth's study is important and potentially very influential because it demonstrates that--at its times of strength--the Evangelical tradition has held the Eucharist in the highest regard.

General Instruction of the Roman Missal

General Instruction of the Roman Missal
Author: Catholic Church
Publisher: USCCB Publishing
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2003
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781574555431

From USCCB Publishing, this revision of the General Instruction of the Roman Missal (GIRM) seeks to promote more conscious, active, and full participation of the faithful in the mystery of the Eucharist. While the Missale Romanum contains the rite and prayers for Mass, the GIRM provides specific detail about each element of the Order of Mass as well as other information related to the Mass.

The Anglican Eucharist in Australia

The Anglican Eucharist in Australia
Author: Brian Douglas
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 357
Release: 2021-11-29
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004469273

This book examines the history, theology and liturgy of the Eucharist in the Anglican Church of Australia from its earliest foundation after the arrival of British settlers in 1788 to the present.

Taking the Long View

Taking the Long View
Author: Colin Buchanan
Publisher: Church House Publishing
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2006
Genre: Church polity
ISBN: 9780715140987

A personal record by Bishop Colin Buchanan of his involvement in three and half decades of General Synod.

Roland Allen's the Ministry of Expansion

Roland Allen's the Ministry of Expansion
Author: Roland AU Allen
Publisher: William Carey Publishing
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2017-09-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0878089756

Roland Allen was one of the most influential mission thinkers of the twentieth century. As a High Church Anglican, he had great respect and value for Church tradition, but was quick to confront cultural preferences when they appeared to contradict biblical prescriptions.The Ministry of Expansion: The Priesthood of the Laity reflects his thoughts that dealt with Communion-related activities in the Majority World where the Anglican Church did not have well-developed church structures and priests. In this work, Allen argues that there are times and circumstances when non-clergy must take the lead in the administration of Holy Communion. Written around 1938, The Ministry of Expansion: The Priesthood of the Laity has remained unpublished until now. The work you hold represents one of the last book-length manuscripts written by Allen and includes a collection of articles by contemporary Allen scholars. Though nearly eighty years since he first put pen to paper, Allen’s principles and convictions still speak to the Church with great gravitas. What should be the response when the Church’s cultural preferences are unable to keep up with the work of the Spirit on the mission field? This was a not only a question in Allen’s day, but one for every generation of believers.