Adventures of the Spirit A Guide to Worship from the Perspective of Process Theology

by Williamson, Clark M.; Allen, Ronald J.

• ISBN13: 9780761808169
• ISBN10: 0761808167
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-08-14
• Publisher: UPA

Summary

This book offers an introduction to worship from the standpoint of process theology. It helps worship planners develop services of worship that are characterized by an intense vision of community with God, where depth of feeling surmounts verbal language and touch the believer in the most life-shaping ways. Process conceptuality allows the church to move toward genuinely contemporary worship while drawing from the past, explaining how worship is understood in this Christian tradition and moving to practical approaches such as conceiving the service, preparing the prayers, the liturgy, and the sermon; the sacraments, the wedding and the funeral, and the arts' role in worship. The ultimate goal is not only to show how process theology can inform each aspect of the service of worship, but to help the Christian community deepen its apprehension of God through services of worship.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(6)
Chapter 1 A Christian Process Spirituality	7	(30)
Chapter 2 An Adventure in Thought	37	(24)
Chapter 3 Worship as the Power of God	61	(28)
Chapter 4 The Languages of Worship	89	(24)
Chapter 5 The Bible as Thou	113	(24)
Chapter 6 Preaching as Invitation	137	(22)
Chapter 7 Learning How to Pray	159	(20)
Chapter 8 Koinonial Grace and Stewardship	179	(12)
Chapter 9 Means of Grace	191	(18)
Chapter 10 The Collective Voice in Worship	209	(20)
Chapter 11 The Wedding and the Funeral	229	(28)
Chapter 12 Worship and the Arts	257	(20)
Chapter 13 Leadership in Worship	277	(14)
Bibliography	291	(14)
Index	305