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Christian Worship: Postcolonial Perspectives critically surveys and
scrutinizes the terrain of liturgical theology through postcolonial
optics. In doing so, it breaks new ground by bringing together for
the first time liturgical studies and postcolonial criticism. This
book provides an important enrichment - and long overdue corrective
- to literature on the liturgical ordo, which has not yet learned
to engage postcolonial perspectives. The volume also offers useful
resources to those familiar with the more established field of
postcolonial biblical/theological criticism by expanding the
burgeoning academic debate about postcolonialism into the
environment of worship. It therefore seeks to be a resource that
will bring postcolonial perspectives to a wider audience: the
church, much of which has been bypassed by the academic trajectory
postcolonial criticism in theology has so far taken. Because of its
inter-disciplinary nature, this book advances significant
innovative material. The particular ways that material from each
discipline is juxtaposed is itself highly original, and the
challenges of appropriating postcolonial theological perspectives
in Christian worship and liturgical practice will be met by the
provision of strategies and resources to face this task. This
important work of theology is, therefore, crafted to praxis in
assemblies of the church as well as suitable for study in
universities and seminary classrooms.
Public Theology is a rapidly growing international field of study
which focuses on how Christian belief and practice engage with
wider social issues. Yet, whilst the ultimate concern of public
theology is the well-being of society, this body of theology has
largely developed without integrating the thinking of feminist
theology and its insights into womens' lives and experience. Public
Theology and the Challenge of Feminism argues that public theology
risks re-inscribing traditional constructs of public and private,
civic and domestic, and uncritical notions of gender and the work
and worth of people. The book brings together both theory and case
material to expose how public theology has actively downplayed or
ignored feminist perspectives and to reveal how constructive
feminism can be for the future of public theology.
Christian Worship: Postcolonial Perspectives critically surveys and
scrutinizes the terrain of liturgical theology through postcolonial
optics. In doing so, it breaks new ground by bringing together for
the first time liturgical studies and postcolonial criticism. This
book provides an important enrichment - and long overdue corrective
- to literature on the liturgical ordo, which has not yet learned
to engage postcolonial perspectives. The volume also offers useful
resources to those familiar with the more established field of
postcolonial biblical/theological criticism by expanding the
burgeoning academic debate about postcolonialism into the
environment of worship. It therefore seeks to be a resource that
will bring postcolonial perspectives to a wider audience: the
church, much of which has been bypassed by the academic trajectory
postcolonial criticism in theology has so far taken. Because of its
inter-disciplinary nature, this book advances significant
innovative material. The particular ways that material from each
discipline is juxtaposed is itself highly original, and the
challenges of appropriating postcolonial theological perspectives
in Christian worship and liturgical practice will be met by the
provision of strategies and resources to face this task. This
important work of theology is, therefore, crafted to praxis in
assemblies of the church as well as suitable for study in
universities and seminary classrooms.
Public Theology is a rapidly growing international field of study
which focuses on how Christian belief and practice engage with
wider social issues. Yet, whilst the ultimate concern of public
theology is the well-being of society, this body of theology has
largely developed without integrating the thinking of feminist
theology and its insights into womens' lives and experience. Public
Theology and the Challenge of Feminism argues that public theology
risks re-inscribing traditional constructs of public and private,
civic and domestic, and uncritical notions of gender and the work
and worth of people. The book brings together both theory and case
material to expose how public theology has actively downplayed or
ignored feminist perspectives and to reveal how constructive
feminism can be for the future of public theology.
Photoshop is the cornerstone of the graphics industry and
understanding its 3D capabilities is becoming a requirement for
graphic designers, photographers, and creatives alike. Starting
with the fundamental tools and ending with advanced resources,
Adobe Community Professional Stephen Burns guides you with a clear
voice and creative exercises that encourage you to work as you
read. Accompanied by a free app that includes video tutorials,
interactive models to compare your activity work from the book
against, and on-going updates about the latest Photoshopreleases,
this book will elevate your art off the page and into a new world
of possibilities. (The app is available for the iPad and iPhone in
the iTunes App Store, and Android users can find it through Google
Play. Just search for 3D Photoshop on either of these platforms and
download it to your device.)
A groundbreaking collection of writings that place queer ritual at
the center of the theological conversation. In this collection of
essays, leading scholars in queer theology and liturgical studies
explore the ways in which the distinctive theological voices of
LGBTQIA+ Christians challenge and expand thinking and practice
around worship in new directions. This challenge has expanded in
the past decades, as obstacles to the full participation of queer
Christians—particularly in marriage and ordination—have fallen.
Organized into three main parts, the volume begins with an
introduction to queer engagement with ritual practices, continues
with a series of case studies that examine queer texts and
contexts, and concludes with an examination of the horizons of
queer liturgical theology and practice. Throughout the volume,
Queering Christian Worship provides new imagination and tools to
those who study and curate Christian worship across traditions.
Photoshop is the cornerstone of the graphics industry and
understanding its 3D capabilities is becoming a requirement for
graphic designers, photographers, and creatives alike. Starting
with the fundamental tools and ending with advanced resources,
Adobe Community Professional Stephen Burns guides you with a clear
voice and creative exercises that encourage you to work as you
read. Accompanied by a free app that includes video tutorials,
interactive models to compare your activity work from the book
against, and on-going updates about the latest Photoshopreleases,
this book will elevate your art off the page and into a new world
of possibilities. (The app is available for the iPad and iPhone in
the iTunes App Store, and Android users can find it through Google
Play. Just search for 3D Photoshop on either of these platforms and
download it to your device.)
A groundbreaking collection of writings that place queer ritual at
the center of the theological conversation. In this collection of
essays, leading scholars in queer theology and liturgical studies
explore the ways in which the distinctive theological voices of
LGBTQIA+ Christians challenge and expand thinking and practice
around worship in new directions. This challenge has expanded in
the past decades, as obstacles to the full participation of queer
Christians—particularly in marriage and ordination—have fallen.
Organized into three main parts, the volume begins with an
introduction to queer engagement with ritual practices, continues
with a series of case studies that examine queer texts and
contexts, and concludes with an examination of the horizons of
queer liturgical theology and practice. Throughout the volume,
Queering Christian Worship provides new imagination and tools to
those who study and curate Christian worship across traditions.
What does it mean to be engaged in Christian ministry in a shifting
spiritual and religious landscape? Stephen Burns invites readers to
think anew about the distinctiveness of public practices of
pastoral presence. Rather than narrowly defining pastoral care and
pastoral theology (pastoral counseling, preaching, youth groups,
visits to elders, etc.) and theological academic categories
(history, pastoral theology, liturgy, ethics and contemporary
sociology), he argues for a new imagination and practice of
pastoral presence - a presence that is representative, public,
integrated, and expansive. Study guide included.
Of particular interest to scholars and practitioners across the
Anglican Communion with contributions from a wide breadth of
scholars. Liturgical Spirituality is a collection of Anglican
reflections on the spirituality of the liturgy, inviting readers
into the Church s patterns of prayer, seasons of the year, and
sacramental action. With contributions from all over the world,
from the North Atlantic to Australia, the collection helps develop
a comprehensive understanding of contemporary Anglican
spirituality."
The SCM Studyguide: Liturgy, 2nd Edition is an introduction to
liturgy that considers the basic 'buliding blocks' needed to grasp
the subject area. It outlines the essential shape and content of
Christian worship and explores a range of liturgical dynamics of
which both students of liturgy and leaders of liturgy need to be
aware. This 2nd edition of the popular Studyguide is fully revised,
updated and expanded. The book takes account of new developments in
scholarship, engages with new contexts for liturgical celebration
(notably, fresh expressions as part of a mixed economy of church),
encompasses recent revisions in liturgy and seeks to broaden the
engagement beyond the British context to consider the wider global
context.
Feminist practical theology has emerged in the gap between wider
feminist and wider practical theology. It celebrates distinctive
concerns, arguments, emphases, and questions – unafraid to
re-form practical theology in shape and substance, and to guide
feminist theology towards the silences and stories of human lives
that some professional theologies (including those shaped by
feminist commitments) sometimes overlooks. Feminist practical
theology is bold in exploration of doctrinal themes in poetic and
prayerful modes, characteristically collaborative and in search of
alliances with other advocacy perspectives. In the UK, such
commitments have been exemplified by Nicola Slee, whom this volume
honours. Chapters invite readers into wide ranging conversations
that flow from young women’s experiences at university, poetic
practice as theology, queer priesthood, theologies of critical
masculinities, women presiding in worship, Black and decolonial
theologies adjacent to feminist convictions, confrontations with
sexual violence, rest and rewilding, and a post-menopausal Mary.
Contributors are: Al Barrett, Gavin D’Costa, Deborah Kahn-Harris,
Michael N. Jagessar, Sharon Jagger, Rachel Mann, Jenny Morgans,
Eleanor Nesbitt, Karen O’Donnell, Mark Pryce, Anthony G. Reddie,
Ruth Shelton, Anne Phillips and Alison Wooley.
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'The persistent voice of Richard Giles, author of Repitching the
Tent and Creating Uncommon Worship amongst other things, has been
almost unique in the Anglican tradition in this generation in
insisting that it is how you do church - how the liturgy is
celebrated and how this is expressed in the way the community
gathers in and moves through the building - that challenges and
changes the people of God, and offers them the chance of actually
becoming the body of Christ in a particular place. Sometimes this
voice must have felt like one crying in the wilderness, and it was
to Philadelphia in the USA that Richard was eventually called as
Dean rather than to an English cathedral. But his writing and
speaking as well as what this former town-planner turned priest
achieved in the buildings he re-ordered have witnessed to his
single-minded determination to share his vision for what might be.
This volume marks his considerable achievement with a mixture of
reminiscence, reflection and re-envisioning from some of his
distinguished colleagues and fellow-practitioners. As Bishop
Stephen Cottrell says: 'Richard's vision ... was never just about
reordering buildings; it was about reordering Christian communities
...', and the breadth and range of contributions indicate the
variety of ways in which he continues to re-imagine, stimulate and
encourage the task of making the Body of Christ a reality in a
world that takes refuge in words. This book is a real antidote.'
David Stancliffe, former Chair of the Liturgical Commission and
former Bishop of Portsmouth The Art of Tentmaking honours Richard
Giles as a liturgical pioneer. It will appeal to all who practice
presidency in Christian worship and have responsibilities for
shaping Christian assembly: architects, artists, musicians, as well
as clergy and others with focal roles. The international range of
contributors come from Anglican, Lutheran, Roman Catholic and
Uniting Church traditions: Rosalind Brown, Stephen Burns, Stephen
Cottrell, Steven Croft, Carol Doran, Rick Fabian, Dirk Lange,
Gerard Moore, Rod Pattenden, Martyn Percy, Melinda Quivik, Richard
Vosko and Ian Zass-Ogilvie, and they tackle themes like
interpreting space, engaging the arts, shaping ceremonial scences,
being hospitable, making for ritual transformation, and liturgical
celebration in the service of mission. STEPHEN BURNS is Research
Fellow in Public and Contextual Theology in United Theological
College, Sydney.
Synopsis: Home and Away provides new vantage points in contextual
theology. An initial stream looks at the significance of postcodes
as a way of mapping local areas as situations for pastoral ministry
and theological reflection. A second, but not ancillary, stream of
essays considers the local within a range of glocal and global
dynamics. The essays do not unfold a single trajectory of thought
about context, and at various points they indirectly question and
challenge each other. The pieces meld into an international and
ecumenical conversation about contemporary Christian ministry. It
includes voices from North America, Europe, and Austral/Asia.
Although open ended, and constantly crisscrossing questions from
one context to another, the collection is emphatic in its common
conviction that attention to very local circumstance is crucial for
Christian ministry, just as are wider views of a locality's
position in broader flows. Endorsements: "Home and Away details why
global needs local and 'away' is anchored in home. Ten essays show
why the local postcode-zipcode is an essential starting point for
theological reflection that matters." --Dean Drayton, School of
Theology, Charles Sturt University Author Biography: Stephen Burns
is Research Fellow in Public and Contextual Theology at Charles
Sturt University, Australia. His publications include Liturgy
(2006), Worship in Context (2006), Exchanges of Grace (coeditor,
2008), The Edge of God (coeditor, 2008), Christian Worship in
Australia (coeditor, 2009), Presiding Like a Woman (coeditor,
2010), and Christian Worship: Postcolonial Perspectives (with
Michael N. Jagessar, 2011). Clive Pearson is Head of the School of
Theology at Charles Sturt University, Australia. His publications
include Faith in a Hyphen (editor, 2004), Thirty Years of Korean
Ministry in Australia (coeditor, 2004), Scholarship and Fierce
Sincerity (with Allan Davidson and Peter Lineman, 2007) and Out of
Place (coeditor 2011).
'This Festschrift by former students, friends and colleagues
celebrates the many rich aspects of Ann Loades' wide-ranging
contributions to the life of the academy, the church and the wider
community. Readers are invited into a graceful dance of dialogical
reflections on the multi-faceted perspectives and experiences of
the Christian tradition. This illuminating collection of essays
covers a wide variety of contemporary concerns in theology,
spirituality and ethics at both an intellectual and practical
level. A treasure trove of insights and ideas, it is a fitting
tribute to a career of remarkable achievements.' Ursula King,
Professor Emerita of Theology and Religious Studies, University of
Bristol 'This is a most well-deserved Festschrift, both for the
regard and respect in which its recipient is plainly held, and for
the breadth of her lifelong interests which give the book plenty of
scope. A large range of topics turns out to be relevant for
celebrating the work of one scholar. Feminism and the problem of
evil are major themes; and practicalconcerns are never far away.'
Helen Oppenheimer 'Reading these essays brings one up to the
growing edge of theology and shows its future directions. The
essays, contributed by Ann Loades's friends, interlocutors,
colleagues, and students, carry forward her own balanced way of
doing theology. They integrate hard thinking with lived faith. They
respect the "voices from the past" but help restore the lost voices
of women. They think critically but refuse to water down the claims
of faith. They give the "real" world its due but do not surrender
faith's right to criticize secular norms. The book truly is a
fascinating tour of topics in current theology, and the
diversity--and, indeed, prominence--of contributors is a great
tribute to Ann. Highly recommended.' Edward H. Henderson, Professor
of Philosophy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 'Exchanges
of Grace contains a collection of creative and often unconventional
essays in sacramental theology and spirituality. Each essay of the
Festschrift can be studied individually but David W. Brown's
brilliant introduction renders this book an informative commentary
to Ann Loades's constructive theology.' Sven-Erik Brodd, Professor
of Ecclesiology, University of Uppsala, Sweden
"Spirit Warriors" is about people who have learned from a 400 year
old tradition to combine meditative focus and spirituality to
become fearless in the defense of religious freedom, in performance
at work, and in the pursuit of joy.
Learn from a lawyer, business men and women, therapists, and
teachers who relate their life experiences and describe those
practices that led them to success. Simultaneously learn about an
Indian religion that does not seek converts but provides some
essential lessons for life.
"Mr. Power's book provides the reader with ways to be successful
in business and in life." - Alan Lavine, noted business author,
author of "From Rags to Riches,"
Mary, Mother of Jesus, has been the focus of much piety and
theology down the centuries, and whatever it is she represents has
been and remains central to the vitality of Christianity in many
parts of the world. Grace is Not Faceless collects the essential
writings and addresses on Mary by Ann Loades, one of the most
important contributors to contemporary feminist Marian theology,
especially from an Anglican perspective. Including both rare and
original material spanning more than thirty years, this volume
traces the trajectories of Loades' distinctive writings on Mary;
for example, her emphasis on Mary in the arts, her attention to the
iconology of the Rabbula Gospels, and the key she finds to
approaching the Mother of Jesus in Cornelius Ernst's memorable
phrase 'grace is not faceless'. It is prefaced with a substantial
introduction by Stephen Burns, providing significant context both
for the chapters and the wider work of Ann Loades herself.
In Vulnerability and Resilience, vulnerability is not the final
word. Rather, resilience provides the cutting edge and living
breath in the stories of subjects who are vulnerable. And they have
many stories: stories of being trapped in bodies, teachings, and/or
situations that make them (and others like them) vulnerable to
discrimination, hatred, and rejection; stories of being trapped
because of their bodies, theologies, and/or cultures; and stories
of being trapped for no-good reason. For subjects who are
vulnerable, life is like a maze of traps, and stories of resilience
keep them going. The contributors to Vulnerability and Resilience
refuse to be trapped. At the intersection of body and liberation
theologies, the contributors tell their stories in the hope that
they will expose cultures that make individuals and communities
vulnerable, and that those stories will encourage vulnerable
subjects to be resilient and bring change to theological
institutions that conserve vulnerability. Because of the location
of the contributors-in the Americas, Africa, Asia, Europe,
Caribbean, and Oceania-this book is testimony that vulnerability is
present all over the world, and that resilience is a liberating
alternative.
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