Moving the furniture : liturgical theory, practice, and environment / William Seth Adams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adams, William Seth.

Contributor:

Charlton Yarnall Fund.

Yarnall Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Episcopal Church--Liturgy.

Episcopal Church.

Liturgics.

Physical Description:

vii, 172 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Church Pub., [1999]

Summary:

In this provocative collection of essays, noted liturgist and author William Seth Adams challenges the church to examine its thinking and assumptions about how Christians worship. Warning that "the way we've always done it" may no longer be a valid premise, Adams says that the church must think something different, do something different and, finally, move some physical and emotional furniture. These essays, originally published in a variety of collections and journals, have finally been brought together in one stimulating volume that will be a valuable resource for the general reader and the seasoned liturgical scholar.

Contents:

Part 1 Thinking Something Different

Chapter 1 Christian Liturgy, Scripture and the Jews: A Problematic in Jewish Christian Relations 3

Chapter 2 Expansive Language: A Matter of Justice 26

Chapter 3 The Prayer Book Theology of Ministry 35

Part 2 Doing Something Different

Chapter 4 The Eucharistic Assembly: Who Presides? 55

Chapter 5 Given and Shed for Whom? A Study of the Words of Administration 69

Chapter 6 On Liturgical Hospitality 87

Chapter 7 De-coding the Obvious: Reflections on Baptismal Ministry in the Episcopal Church 106

Part 3 Moving the Furniture

Chapter 8 An Apology for Variable Liturgical Space 125

Chapter 9 Theology and Liturgical Space: Saying What We Mean 139

Chapter 10 The Place of the Dead: Christian Burial and the Liturgical Environment 152

Chapter 11 Preaching and the Potential of Liturgical Space 158.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charlton Yarnall Fund.

ISBN:

0898693160

OCLC:

41035428