Worship as a Revelation

Worship as a Revelation
Author: Laurence Paul Hemming
Publisher: Burns & Oates
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008-08-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780860124603

The publication by Benedict XVI of the motu proprio has put the question of the historyand meaning of the liturgy back into centre stage, not just for catholics but for many other christians as well. Dr. Hemming seeks to provide an intelligent background to the Pope's decision, addressing himself to a number of questions about the nature and character of catholic worship that opens a much wider historical discussion which will inform and persuade a wide audience. The chapter on liturgy and revelation is the turning point in the book and shows how an understanding of time that is presumed in all modern philosophical thought, is challenged by the understanding of divine self-revelation. This then forces us to ask what our relation to liturgical events are and how we experience them. Hemming advocates a `high` theology of the liturgy with the profoundest understanding of the spiritual and the enigma of faith. How will Christian worship change now, asks the author in his concluding chapter? He offers a sketch of what may happen in the coming decades, long after the Papacy of Benedict XVI.

The Book of Common Prayer: Past, Present and Future

The Book of Common Prayer: Past, Present and Future
Author: Prudence Dailey
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2011-09-22
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441160418

The words of The Book of Common Prayer have worked their way deeply into the hearts and minds of English-speaking people, second only to the English Bible and the works of Shakespeare. This collection of essays seeks not only to explore and commemorate the Book of Common Prayer's influence in the past but also to commend it for present use, and as an indispensable part of the Church's future -- both as a working liturgy and as the definitive source of Anglican doctrine.

Re-Forming the Liturgy

Re-Forming the Liturgy
Author: Paul Galbreath
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 165
Release: 2019-04-18
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1532650310

Christian worship is always undergoing change as it adapts to particular contexts and concerns. This collection of essays explores ways: 1) that liturgical change happened to address particular historical and theological concerns; 2) that worship and preaching are currently undergoing transition; and 3) that aspects of worship are in need of transformation in order to address primary issues of our time with a focus on environmental and ecological concerns. Spacial attention is paid to the role of the Sacraments and to preaching with an emphasis on the need to connect worship with daily life. These essays show readers ways that liturgical renewal worked in the past as well as offer a persuasive case for continual renewal that responds to key issues in our contemporary lives.

The Liturgy of Politics

The Liturgy of Politics
Author: Kaitlyn Schiess
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2020-09-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0830853405

A generation of young Christians are weary of the political legacy they've inherited. Could it be that the church's politics are shaped by its habits and practices? Contending that we must recognize the formative power of the political forces around us, Kaitlyn Schiess urges the church to recover historic Christian practices that shape us according to the truth of the gospel.

The History and the Future of the Roman Liturgy

The History and the Future of the Roman Liturgy
Author: Denis Crouan
Publisher: Ignatius Press
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2011-07-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1681495007

Since the Second Vatican Council, the liturgy has become the source of conflicting opinions. This situation has given rise to disputes that continue to divide those who practice their faith. But what has created this state of affairs? Author Denis Crouan shows how the decisions made by Vatican II that aimed at restoring the Roman rite were presented poorly, applied incorrectly, and often not applied at all. In many places the Mass has been turned into a permanent work-in-progress, in which the objectivity of the liturgy yields to the subjectivity of those who take part in it. Where does the current unwillingness to apply the liturgical rules come from? Why have the directives of the last council been ignored or circumvented? This book offers answers to the questions asked by Catholics who want to understand their liturgy better, so as to put an end to deviant practices that threaten Church unity.

Liturgies of the Future

Liturgies of the Future
Author: Anscar J. Chupungco
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2006-05-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1597526894

In this book Anscar Chupungco carries forward the work begun in 'Cultural Adaptation of the Liturgy'. Now, more than forty years after the Council, the first stage of the liturgical renewal is complete: the Roman liturgy has been restored to its classical shape. But the challenge of the second stage lies before us: the adaptation of the liturgy to various cultures and traditions. This, the unfinished agenda of the Council, is the task of local churches. Chupungco here calls them to take up that task, Òto be faithful to sound tradition and to foster legitimate progress at the same time . . . an art requiring expertise in the science of liturgy, the virtue of flexibility, and often a great faith in the wisdom of the Church. After reviewing the mandate of the Council, the author examines the future of the liturgy in three chapters: the future shape of the eucharistic celebration, the future shape of sacramental celebrations, and the future shape of the liturgical year. This hopeful and stimulating book will be of great assistance not only to teachers and students of the liturgy, but also to those who daily confront the challenges of the future on a pastoral level.

Remembering the Future

Remembering the Future
Author: Emma O'Donnell
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2015-12-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0814663427

Common to both Judaism and Christianity is a heightened engagement with time within liturgical practice, in which collective religious memory and anticipation come together to create a unique sense of time. Exploring the nebulous realms of religious experience and the sense of time, Remembering the Future charts the ways that the experience of time is shaped by the traditions of Judaism and Christianity and experienced within their ritual practices. Through comparative explorations of traditional Jewish and Christian understandings of time, contemporary oral testimonies, and discussions of the work of select twentieth-century Jewish and Christian thinkers, this book maps the temporal landscapes of the religious imagination. Maintaining that the sense of time is integral to Jewish and Christian religious experience, Remembering the Future makes a notable contribution to interreligious studies and liturgical studies. It sheds light on essential aspects of religious experience and finds that the intimacy of the experience of time grants it the capacity to communicate across religious boundaries, subtly transgressing obstacles to interreligious understanding.

Principles of Sacred Liturgy

Principles of Sacred Liturgy
Author: Christopher Carstens
Publisher: LiturgyTrainingPublications
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2020-01-27
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1595250441

Jesus’ saving Paschal work continues today in the liturgy and sacraments. They have the power to sanctify and beatify those who engage the liturgy with proper minds and hearts. In this comprehensive and accessible book, Christopher Carstens opens up the ritual elements mystagogically: that is, he leads participants from what they can sense—a calendar day, a musical instrument, and word—to what is otherwise undetectable: Jesus Christ. He examines the core meaning of each liturgical element in creation, in the culture, in the Old Testament, in Christ, and in heaven. This book is an excellent resource for pastors, seminarians, permanent deacons and deacon candidates, lay ministers, and parish liturgy coordinators.

Catholic Theology Facing the Future

Catholic Theology Facing the Future
Author: Dermot A. Lane
Publisher: Paulist Press
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2003
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780809141142

Here is a collection of vibrant essays, from a conference at St. Michael's College in Vermont, that reflects on the past, present, and future of Catholic theology. Contributors include the leading names in scripture and moral and systematic theology: -- Dermot Lane on the foundational roles of anthropology, imagination and memory in the performance of Christian theology. -- Alice Laffey on the past and present developments in biblical scholarship. -- Raymond Collins on the ecumenical progress over the last forty years in the study of the New Testament. -- Michael J. Fahey on trends in systematic theology since 1965. -- Philip S. Keane on the accomplishments and challenges facing moral theology. -- Kevin Irwin on the Christocentric character of liturgical and sacramental theology.