Christian Worship in Reformed Churches Past and Present

by Vischer, Lukas

• ISBN13: 9780802805201
• ISBN10: 0802805205
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Eerdmans Pub Co

Author Biography

Lukas Vischer, formerly director of the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches, is professor emeritus of ecumenical theology at the University of Bern, Switzerland

Table of Contents

Series Preface	ix
Introduction	xi
Part I: A Historical Survey	1	(280)
THE REFORMATION
Reformed Worship in the Sixteenth Century	3	(29)
Elsie Anne McKee
CONTINENTAL EUROPE
Reformed Worship in Continental Europe since the Seventeenth Century	32	(34)
Bruno Burki
UNITED KINGDOM
The Origins of the Antipathy to Set Liturgical Forms in the English-Speaking Reformed Tradition	66	(17)
Bryan D. Spinks
The Worship of English Congregationalism	83	(24)
Alan P.F. Sell
NORTH AMERICA
Reformed Worship in the United States of America	107	(35)
Marsha M. Wilfong
THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY ECUMENICAL MOVEMENT
Word, Sacrament, and Communion: New Emphases in Reformed Worship in the Twentieth Century	142	(17)
Alan D. Falconer
SOUTH AFRICA
Reformed Liturgy in the South African Context	159	(16)
Coenraad Burger
ASIA
A Survey of Reformed Worship in Indonesia	175	(19)
Ester Pudjo Widiasih
Worship in the Presbyterian Church in Korea	194	(14)
Seong-Won Park
AFRICA
Reformed Worship in East Africa	208	(8)
Isaiah Wahome Muita
The Worship Experience of the Reformed Family in Ghana/West Africa: The Cry and Quest for Liturgical Reform	216	(8)
Livingstone Buama
Reformed Worship Taking Root in New Cultures: The Congolese Experience (Democratic Republic of the Congo)	224	(10)
Kasonga wa Kasonga
LATIN AMERICA
Reformed Worship in Brazil	234	(12)
Gerson Correia de Lacerda
THE PACIFIC
Worship and Community in the Pacific	246	(15)
Baranite T. Kirata
THE UNITING CHURCHES
Traditions and Principles of Reformed Worship in Uniting Church in Australia	261	(20)
Geraldine Wheeler
Part II: A Common Reflection on Christian Worship in Reformed Churches Today	281	(28)
Part III: Elaborations on Some Contemporary Issues	309	(118)
A Church of the Word and Sacrament	311	(13)
Joseph D. Small
Contemporary Developments in Music in Reformed Churches Worldwide	324	(24)
Emily R. Brink
John D. Witvliet
Revisiting the Question of the Use of Visual Art, Imagery, and Symbol in Reformed Places of Worship	348	(23)
Geraldine Wheeler
Women, Worship, and God's Reforming Spirit	371	(19)
Leonora Tubbs Tisdale
Calendar and Lectionary in Reformed Perspective and History	390	(25)
Horace T. Allen Jr.
Worship as Christian Witness to Society	415	(12)
Lukas Vischer
Contributors	427	(2)
Index	429