Liturgy and Secularism
Liturgy and Secularism

Author: Joris Geldhof

Publisher: Liturgical Press

Published: 2018-08-15

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 0814684866

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Can Christian worship engage our secular culture? Should it? While engaging thinkers in philosophy, history, religious anthropology, and liturgical theology, liturgical theologian Joris Geldhof argues that such engagement is necessary—that our liturgy and faith should embrace our modern culture. He shows that liturgy itself is an immensely resourceful reality that appeals to any human being, regardless of sociocultural and intellectual circumstances. If properly understood, the liturgy can provide a powerful dynamic that helps people overcome any binary, including the unfortunate one between the “left” and “right” within the Catholic Church.

Secularizing the Sacred
Secularizing the Sacred

Author: John E. Webster

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780761867616

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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.

Rituals of Spontaneity
Rituals of Spontaneity

Author: Lori Branch

Publisher: Baylor University Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 364

ISBN-13: 1932792112

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Winner of the Book of the Year Award for the Conference on Christianity and Literature.--Thomas H. Luxon, Dartmouth College "CHOICE"

Essays on Faith, Liturgy and Social Justice
Essays on Faith, Liturgy and Social Justice

Author: Stephen Hand

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2002-06-19

Total Pages: 143

ISBN-13: 140330386X

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Traditional Catholic Reflections is a collection of timely essays by the editor of the popular Catholic E-Zine: TCRNews.com. In this collection Stephen Hand takes a critical look at the prevailing trends and movements in theology and culture today, from Neo-Modernism to Secularism to Integrism. Whether the subject is liturgy, the culture of life vs. a culture of death, or social justice, Hand shows how it is the Church’s proclamation alone that can heal our deepest wounds and rescue us from the hopelessness that imbues so much of the thought of our time.

The Common Rule
The Common Rule

Author: Justin Whitmel Earley

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2023-03-14

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 1514006936

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Habits form us more than we form them. Though we yearn for the freedom of the gospel, we remain anxious people shackled by our screens and exhausted by our routines. The answer is a rule of life that aligns our habits with our beliefs. Justin Earley provides doable, life-giving practices to find freedom and rest for your soul.

For the Life of the World
For the Life of the World

Author: Alexander Schmemann

Publisher: St Vladimir's Seminary Press

Published: 1973

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 9780913836088

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This book was originally written to serve as an outline for students in a discussion of the Christian "worldview." It suggests an approach to the world and to man's life in it that stems from the liturgical experience of the Orthodox Church. Alexander Schmemann understands issues such as secularism and Christian culture from the perspective of the unbroken experience of the Church, as revealed and communicated in her worship, in her liturgy -- the sacrament of the world, the sacrament of the Kingdom. - Publisher

Desiring the Kingdom (Cultural Liturgies)
Desiring the Kingdom (Cultural Liturgies)

Author: James K. A. Smith

Publisher: Baker Academic

Published: 2009-08-01

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1441211268

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Malls, stadiums, and universities are actually liturgical structures that influence and shape our thoughts and affections. Humans--as Augustine noted--are "desiring agents," full of longings and passions; in brief, we are what we love. James K. A. Smith focuses on the themes of liturgy and desire in Desiring the Kingdom, the first book in what will be a three-volume set on the theology of culture. He redirects our yearnings to focus on the greatest good: God. Ultimately, Smith seeks to re-vision education through the process and practice of worship. Students of philosophy, theology, worldview, and culture will welcome Desiring the Kingdom, as will those involved in ministry and other interested readers.