Worship and liturgy in context
Subtitle: studies and case studies in theology and practice
By: edited by Duncan B. Forrester & Doug Gay
Contributors: Gay, Doug
Publisher: SCM
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9780334041689
Subjects: Liturgics; Public worship
Description: Worship and Liturgy in Context shows how Christian worship in its many and changing forms interacts in significant and interesting ways with its varying contexts - cultural, social, political, economic. Worship, even in a secular age, shapes ethics and behaviour, and often challenges received wisdom and commonly accepted theologies. It gives special attention to Scotland, but it is challengingly relevant in other contexts today. It makes a distinctive and important contribution to the lively debate about the relation of worship, theology and ethics. It also challenges the Churches and believers to renewal of the worship of God in spirit and in truth. It is suitable for use on liturgy and worship courses, courses on church history, cultural history, practical and pastoral theology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: In spirit and in truth : Christian worship in context  -- Duncan Forrester; title: Aesthetics of the Reformed tradition  -- David Fergusson; title: Celtic spirituality  -- Donald Macleod; title: 'Let us worship God!' : worship in Scottish literature from Robert Burns to James Robertson  -- Alison Jack; title: The theology of worship : a Reformed perspective  -- David Fergusson; title: Word and sacrament in Reformed theologies of worship : a free church perspective  -- Donald Macleod; title: Baptismal theology and practice in the Church of Scotland  -- Paul Nimmo; title: Tone-deaf to mystery : worship, preaching and pastoral care  -- David Lyall; title: Discipline and the making of Protestant Scotland  -- Jane Dawson; title: Patterns of worship in Reformation Scotland  -- Jane Dawson; title: The Scoto-Catholic movement in Presbyterian worship c.1850-c.1920  -- Stewart J. Brown; title: Sacred space : reading Scottish church buildings  -- Nigel Yates; title: Holy Communion in the Church of Scotland : patterns and prospects  -- Peter Donald; title: Scotland's Roman Catholic people at worship  -- Owen Dudley Edwards; title: Episcopalians and the Eucharist  -- Ian Paton; title: Worship after war : the Gulf service of remembrance and thanksgiving 1991  -- Fiona Douglas and Jeremy Crang; title: The reception of the liturgical changes of the Second Vatican Council  -- Michael Regan; title: The worship of the Iona Community and its global impact  -- Norman Shanks; title: Open-air preaching : performing beyond the walls  -- Stuart Blythe; title: Scottish hymnody : an ecumenical and personal perspective  -- John L. Bell; title: Emerging contexts for Christian worship -- Doug Gay.