Table Manners

Informationen zum Autor Simon Reynolds is a parish priest in Farnham in Surrey. Klappentext There is a growing (if not urgent) need for those being trained for ordained (and lay) ministry to be provided with a more solid grounding in liturgical principles, and Simon Reynolds seeks to address this by demonstrating how good liturgical leadership can be the foundation from which all other theological, historical, pastoral and missiological issues arise. Table Manners attempts to avoid being a 'party' book and will consciously avoid issues of churchmanship (except in pointing to what is positive in the various Christian traditions). Rather, it is written from the conviction that (i) a proper understanding of the Eucharist, and a theologically-informed approach to celebrating it (even if this manifests itself in many different styles), should mean that worshippers can go to churches of an unfamiliar tradition and yet still be caught up in the action, because what is essential and enlarging about good liturgical celebration would be recognisable; and (ii) that the success of presidency also demands the liturgical education of the whole people of God, because until they know what to ask for, their expectations will remain constrained. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Enchantment or Entertainment? The Challenge and Potential of the Contemporary Liturgical Culture 2. Temple or Home! Table or Altar! Supper or Sacrifice? Tradition in Transition 3. Speech and Silence: The Possibilities of Limits of Language 4. Hearts and Hands and Voices: When Words are Never Enough 5. Poetic Space: Inhabiting the Liturgical Environment 6. Practising the Scales of Rejoicing: Shaping a Liturgical and Presidential Instinct

Autorentext

Simon Reynolds is a parish priest in Farnham in Surrey.

Klappentext

There is a growing (if not urgent) need for those being trained for ordained (and lay) ministry to be provided with a more solid grounding in liturgical principles, and Simon Reynolds seeks to address this by demonstrating how good liturgical leadership can be the foundation from which all other theological, historical, pastoral and missiological issues arise. Table Manners attempts to avoid being a 'party' book and will consciously avoid issues of churchmanship (except in pointing to what is positive in the various Christian traditions). Rather, it is written from the conviction that (i) a proper understanding of the Eucharist, and a theologically-informed approach to celebrating it (even if this manifests itself in many different styles), should mean that worshippers can go to churches of an unfamiliar tradition and yet still be caught up in the action, because what is essential and enlarging about good liturgical celebration would be recognisable; and (ii) that the success of presidency also demands the liturgical education of the whole people of God, because until they know what to ask for, their expectations will remain constrained.

Inhalt

1. Enchantment or Entertainment? The Challenge and Potential of the Contemporary Liturgical Culture 2. Temple or Home, Table or Altar, Supper or Sacrifice? Tradition in Transition 3. Speech and Silence: The Possibilities of Limits of Language 4. Hearts and Hands and Voices: When Words are Never Enough 5. Poetic Space: Inhabiting the Liturgical Environment 6. Practising the Scales of Rejoicing: Shaping a Liturgical and Presidential Instinct