Holy People : A Liturgical Ecclesiology

by Lathrop, Gordon W.

• ISBN13: 9780800638405
• ISBN10: 0800638409
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-07-01
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Pub

Summary

This sequel to Gordon Lathrop's highly successful Holy Things is an exercise in liturgical theology, viewing the activities of worship as a means of defining and discussing the concept "church." It centers on community and assembly to discuss the sacraments. It focuses on ecumenism and inculturation as central test cases for a liturgically derived idea of church.In hopes of invigorating the local church, Lathrop explores the meaning of the term "church," the relationship of the local liturgical assembly and other Christian assemblies (catholicity); the personal and communal character of liturgical assembly; the unity of the churches; the critical principles of liturgy and culture; openness to what is radically other; and liturgical evangelization. Lathrop's work grounds a notion of church that is personal yet communal, universal, but not triumphalistic.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Introduction: Liturgical Ecclesiology and Its Importance	1	(18)
PART ONE A People — Church in Liturgical Perspective
1. Assembly	19	(30)
2. With All, in Every Place	49	(24)
3. The Practice of Assembly	73	(26)
PART TWO One People — Liturgy and Church Unity
4. Knowing Something Together	99	(18)
5. Unity and Liturgical Pattern	117	(16)
6. The Practice of Unity	133	(26)
PART THREE Holy People — Liturgical Assemblies amid Earth's Peoples
7. Assembly, Baptism, and Culture	159	(24)
8. Assembly, Eucharist, and Culture	183	(24)
9. The Practice of Holiness	207	(22)
Appendix 1 The Ditchingham Report	229	(4)
Appendix 2 The Nairobi Statement	233	(4)
Indexes	237