Secularizing the Sacred (eBook)

The Demise of Liturgical Wholeness

Ronald S. Laura, John E. Webster (Autoren)

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2016
222 Seiten
Upa (Verlag)
978-0-7618-6762-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Western culture has come to secularize the sacred, while at the same time sacralizing the secular. This book shows the debilitating effects that this paradox has had on the foundations of Christian worship with special reference to the changing worship patterns the Presbyterian Church in Australia.

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This book explores one of the great paradoxes of our era. Western culture has almost imperceptibly come to secularize the sacred, while at the same time sacralizing the secular. The authors endeavor to show the debilitating effects that this paradox has had on the foundations of Christian worship with special reference to the history of worship and in particular the Presbyterian Church in Australia.The authors show how the theological predilection for ';minimization' has become inextricably woven into the fabric of what we call ';the theory of transformative subjugation' which drives the rationale for religious secularization. The book argues that it is necessary to consider a serious reconstruction of theological education in which its framework is located in a specific Christian theory of knowledge which engenders the Lordship of Christ and encourages a spirit of transformative love and connectedness. It is only in this context that the theology of worship and the beauty and usefulness of liturgical forms can be appreciated.

Autor

Dr. John Webster, Ordained Minister of the Presbyterian Church of Australia, served the Church in both N.S.W. and Victoria. He was the Minister of Leura, Caringbah, Bendigo, and Scots Kirk Hamilton. He has also been a member of the Theological Education Committee, Victoria for nine years. He has also been the Business convenor of the General Assembly, Victoria., and State Moderator, N.S.W.1999/2000. Professor Ronald Laura was educated at the Universities of Harvard, Cambridge and Oxford, where he completed his Doctoral Studies. He is Professor in Education at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He has published over 40 books including Empathetic Education (1999), the New Social Disease: From High Tech Depersonalization to Survival of the Soul (2008), The Paradigm Shift in Health (2009), and publishing in excess of 300 scholarly articles. He teaches in the School of Education, offering subjects in the Philosophy of Education, Leadership Education and Health and Fitness Education. He is the creator of the now world renowned exercise system called Matrix Quick Fit (MQF).

Inhalt

Introduction Chapter 1 Socio-political Pattern in Early Presbyterianism in New South Wales Chapter 2 Defining the Practice of Worship in the Presbyterian ChurchChapter 3 The Climax of Calvinist Liturgical Development in New South WalesChapter 4 A Brief History of the Theological Aetiology of Liturgical MinimisationChapter 5 Minimisation since 1977 in the Presbyterian Church of AustraliaChapter 6 Towards an Epistemology of WorshipChapter 7 Towards a Reconstruction of Theological EducationConclusion Bibliography About the Authors

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 26.4.2016
• Zusatzinfo: 5 Illustrations including: - 5 Tables.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Gebete / Lieder / Meditationen
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
• Themenwelt: Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Moraltheologie / Sozialethik
• Schlagworte: Calvin’s liturgy • Calvin’s liturgy • Colonial Presbyterianism • Epistemology of worship • Liturgical Minimization • Reformed Liturgy • Symbol and liturgy • Zwingli and worship
• ISBN-10: 0-7618-6762-7 / 0761867627
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7618-6762-3 / 9780761867623