Worship as theology : foretaste of glory divine / Don E. Saliers. [print]

By:

Saliers, Don E, 1937- [Author]

Material type: Text

text

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unmediated

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volume

ISBN:

0687146933
9780687146932

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LOC classification:

BV15.W677 1994
BV15.S165.W677 1994

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Contents:

Part One: Liturgy and theology Human pathos and divine ethos Dogma and Doxa The eschatological character of worship Liturgy and theology: conversation with Barth Part Two: Liturgy as prayer Praising, thanking, blessing-gratitude as knowledge of God Invoking and beseeching Lamenting and confessing: truthful prayer Interceding: remembering the world to God Part Three: Liturgy in context Beyond the text: the symbolic languages of liturgy The liturgical "canon" in context For the sake of the world: liturgy and ethics Mystery, suffering, and the assembly's art The beautiful and the holy Advent and eschaton.

Summary: In Worship As Theology, Don Saliers discusses how worship is both theological (God-centered) and anthropological (embodied and embedded in specific human and cultural contexts). He illuminates worship as a theology "prayed, sung, and enacted." At the same time--by focusing upon specific dimensions of liturgical action such as praising, thanking, invoking, confessing, proclaiming, interceding, and blessing--he addresses the differences between the liturgical/sacramental and the "free-church"/evangelical church traditions. Underlying Saliers' approach is his basic conviction that Christian liturgy is an eschatological art. Theological integrity in worship, he asserts, calls for a permanent tension in the forms and patterns which reflect the "already" and "not yet" of Christian life in the world for the sake of the world. Worship As Theology, therefore, begins and ends with the eschatology of the divine promise, that the church's cry is still "Come, Lord Jesus!" and that God's will be done on earth "as in heaven."--Publisher's description.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library Circulating Collection - First Floor	Non-fiction	BV15.S25 1994 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923001598784

In Worship As Theology, Don Saliers discusses how worship is both theological (God-centered) and anthropological (embodied and embedded in specific human and cultural contexts). He illuminates worship as a theology "prayed, sung, and enacted." At the same time--by focusing upon specific dimensions of liturgical action such as praising, thanking, invoking, confessing, proclaiming, interceding, and blessing--he addresses the differences between the liturgical/sacramental and the "free-church"/evangelical church traditions. Underlying Saliers' approach is his basic conviction that Christian liturgy is an eschatological art. Theological integrity in worship, he asserts, calls for a permanent tension in the forms and patterns which reflect the "already" and "not yet" of Christian life in the world for the sake of the world. Worship As Theology, therefore, begins and ends with the eschatology of the divine promise, that the church's cry is still "Come, Lord Jesus!" and that God's will be done on earth "as in heaven."--Publisher's description.

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