Liturgy and Ethics : New Contributions from Reformed Perspectives.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (350 pages)
- Studies in Reformed Theology Series ; v.33 .
- Studies in Reformed Theology Series .
Intro -- Liturgy and Ethics -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- Liturgy and Ethics in the Reformed Tradition -- Liturgy as Ethics -- Liturgy in Practices -- Liturgy and Cultures -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Liturgy as Ethics -- What Makes Worship Good? -- Introduction -- Good in the Sense of Pleasant? -- Good in the Sense of Important? -- Good in the Sense of Proper? -- Good in the Sense of Performing? -- When Would Worship Not be Good? -- Bibiography -- "God Waits for and Responds to Sincere Prayer and Responsible Actions"1 -- Introduction -- Biography -- The Psalms -- Internal Coherence between Liturgy and Ethics in Bonhoeffer? -- Bibliography -- Catholic Reformed Ethics -- Bavinck's Concept of Catholicity Described -- Bavinck's Concept of Catholicity Evaluated -- Bavinck's Concept of Catholicity Applied -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Theatricality of Liturgy and Its Relevance to Ethics -- Liturgy as Ethics: Improvisation and Emptiness -- Liturgy is Less Than Ethics: Hypocrisy -- Conclusive Remarks Referring to Calvin's View of Theater -- Bibliography -- Liturgy in Practices -- Liturgy and Justice -- Ways in Which Justice is Present in Christian Liturgical Enactments -- The Injustice at the Heart of the Biblical Story -- Jesus' Crucifixion in Mainline Liturgies -- African-American Liturgies -- Identification -- Does It Matter? -- Bibliography -- Eucharist and the Ethics of Sacrifice and Self-Giving -- Withering Rituals and Shrinking Conceptual Frameworks -- The Offertory in the Context of the Early Church's Eucharistic Theology -- The Gifts as 'Sacrifice' -- The Offering of the Gifts as Self-Giving of the Faithful -- What Has been Lost with the Withering of the Offertory -- Bibliography -- Weekly at the Lord's Table -- Introduction -- The Christological Motive of Purification and Sanctification through Christ. The Pneumatological-Mystical Motive -- The Ecclesiastical-Liturgical Motive -- The Heavenward Directed-Eschatological Motive -- Motives Not Explaining Calvin's Plea for Weekly Communion -- Final Remarks about Calvin's Eucharistic Spirituality -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- "Do This in Remembrance of Me" -- The Lord's Supper as "Performative Remembrance" -- Calvin and the Frequent Celebration of the Lord's Supper -- Performative Remembrance and Embodied Participation -- Bibliography -- Celebrating the Lord's Supper as Act of Moral Formation -- Theoretical Framework -- Research Design -- Different Styles of Celebration -- Quantitative Data -- Frequency of Participation in the Lord's Supper -- Qualitative Data -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Liturgy and Cultures -- Cutting, Binding, and Re-Membering -- Introduction -- A Covenantal Approach -- Worship -- Worship as Communicative Process -- Unity between Worship and Ethics -- Covenant and Liturgy: Comparisons with a Postliberal Approach -- A Covenantal Perspective on Formation -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Celebrating God's Works -- From Work to Worship -- Work Put into Perspective -- Starting from the Sabbath -- Liturgy as Formative Practice -- Bibliography -- A Day to Remember -- Introduction -- Theological Reflection on Marriage -- A Retrieval of Wedding Ceremonies from Church History -- Community-Based Preparation, Celebration and Remembrance -- Bibliography -- The Priestly Liturgy of Creation in the Book of Leviticus -- Introduction -- Ritual and Liturgy -- Ritual and Ethics in the Book of Leviticus -- Ritual and Ethics in the Context of Indonesia -- Conclusion: On Applying the Rituals of Leviticus -- Bibliography -- Liturgical Formation and Practical Ecclesiology -- Introduction -- Outline -- Mapping the Field -- Practical-Ecclesiological Comments -- Systematic and Practical Ecclesiology. Liturgical Formation in Practical Ecclesiology -- The Church is a Community sui generis -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
Departing from the Reformed tradition and its potential to contribute to the discussion about the connection between liturgy and ethics, this volume offers in-depth studies in how to understand God's acting in worship, the centrality of justice, and the formative meaning of the liturgy.