The Spirit's Tether
The Spirit's Tether

Author: Mary Ellen Konieczny

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2013-07-01

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 0199325456

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Cultural conflicts about the family - including those surrounding women's social roles, abortion, same-sex marriage, and contraception - have intensified over the last few decades among Catholics, as well as among Americans generally. In fact, they are the source of much of the political polarization we see. But how do individuals in local settings and cultures - especially religious ones - experience and participate in these conflicts? Why are they so resonant? By exploring how religion and family life are intertwined in local parish settings, Mary Ellen Konieczny seeks to explain how and why Catholics are divided about the family. The Spirit's Tether presents a detailed comparative ethnographic analysis of the families and local religious cultures in two Catholic parishes, one conservative and one progressive. Through an examination of the activities of parish life and the faith stories of parishioners, this book reveals how parishes support and shape the ways in which Catholics work out the routines of marriage, childrearing, and work-family balance, as well as how they connect these everyday challenges to public politics. Local parishes, Konieczny argues, promote polarization through practices that unintentionally fragment the Catholic tradition.

The Spirit's Tether
The Spirit's Tether

Author: Malcolm L. Warford

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2011-06-03

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 1566996740

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The Spirit's Tether: Eight Lives in Ministry tells the stories of eight men and women from their days as students at Union Theological Seminary in New York through their work today as pastors in local congregations over thirty years later. Since 1976 when they entered Union, Malcolm L. Warford has documented their experiences, first in theological education and then through their ministries. Finally, he has asked them to reflect on their vocational journeys and express what their calling has meant to them personally and professionally. The book reveals eight richly textured narratives full of the insight, heartache, and delight that go hand in hand with the practice of ministry--unvarnished truths from eight who have been formed by this work and calling. The Spirit's Tether is a distinctive resource for ministers, congregational leaders, and those in theological education whose role it is to prepare women and men for their sojourns into ordained ministry.

The Spirit's Tether
The Spirit's Tether

Author: Mary Ellen Konieczny

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2013-08-15

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 019996579X

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Through detailed ethnographic analysis of one conservative and one progressive parish, this book reveals how church metaphors and religious identities matter to parishioners' marriages, childrearing, and work-family balance; connect everyday life with public politics; and unintentionally fragment the Catholic tradition.

Hymns, Psalms, & Spiritual Songs, Pulpit Edition
Hymns, Psalms, & Spiritual Songs, Pulpit Edition

Author: Westminster John Knox Press

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 726

ISBN-13: 9780664101138

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This special gift edition features more than six hundred hymns. It is designed for use by a variety of denominations and ecumenical settings.

Liturgical Music for the Revised Common Lectionary Year A
Liturgical Music for the Revised Common Lectionary Year A

Author: Thomas Pavlechko

Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2022-05-17

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 1640655506

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A revised and expanded version of this classic text for church musicians and other worship planners. A planning guide for church musicians and clergy for selecting hymns, songs, and anthems, for the three-year liturgical cycle following the Revised Common Lectionary. Hymns and songs keyed to the appropriate liturgical occasion for Sundays in the Revised Common Lectionary for the three-year cycle. Revised in 2021, this first volume of the three-book series (Years A, B, and C) Includes selections from The Hymnal 1982, Lift Every Voice and Sing, Wonder, Love,andPraise, Voices Found, My Heart Sings Out alongwith Evangelical Lutheran Worship (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America), Moravian Book of Worship (Moravian Church), Common Praise (Anglican Church of Canada). Selections are listed by their relationship to the texts appointed for the day with indications which texts are direct quotes or paraphrases of the appointed scripture. First lines of hymns and songs include their page number and book location. Anthems are coded with their source when they are part of collection Choral selections are categorized as anthems or solos and voice parts are indicated.

Glory to God: Words-Only Enlarged Print Edition
Glory to God: Words-Only Enlarged Print Edition

Author: Author

Publisher: Geneva Press

Published: 2014-08-01

Total Pages: 1024

ISBN-13: 1611645298

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This enlarged print edition, words only, edition of the hymnal contains all the words from the pew edition, enlarged in a more-readable type and bound for use in worship. Also ideal for those using the hymnal as a devotional or study resource.

Polarization in the US Catholic Church
Polarization in the US Catholic Church

Author: Mary Ellen Konieczny

Publisher: Liturgical Press

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 0814646654

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It is no secret: the body of Christ in the United States is broken. While universality and unity amid diversity is a fundamental characteristic of Roman Catholicism, all-too-familiar issues related to gender, sexuality, race, and authority have rent the church. Healthy debates, characteristic of a living tradition, suffer instead from an absence of genuine engagement and dialogue. But there is still much that binds American Catholics. In naming the wounds and exploring their social and religious underpinnings, "Polarization in the US Catholic Church" underscores how shared beliefs and aspirations can heal deep fissures and the hurts they have caused. Cutting across disciplinary and political lines, this volume brings essential commentary in the direction of reclaimed universality among American Catholics."

Liturgical Music for the Revised Common Lectionary, Year C
Liturgical Music for the Revised Common Lectionary, Year C

Author: Thomas Pavlechko

Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2024-05-14

Total Pages: 583

ISBN-13: 1640656235

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A new edition of the comprehensive resource linking hymns and anthems to lectionary readings. The final volume in a three-volume series of planning guides for church musicians and clergy, this resource identifies hymns and anthems that are connected to the scripture appointed for Sundays and feast days. In addition to identifying hymns and anthems appropriate for each Sunday of the church year, this volume also offers suggestions about where in the liturgy each selection can best be used. Featuring hymns from hymnals authorized for use in the Episcopal Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, and the Moravian Church in America, as well as anthems from a variety of sources, Liturgical Music for the Revised Common Lectionary helps liturgical planners add musical variety to services and links congregational and choral singing to the lectionary.