The Spirit in Worship

by Berger, Teresa

• ISBN13: 9780814662281
• ISBN10: 0814662285
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-12-15
• Publisher: Pueblo Books

Summary

The fifteen authors of this volume are scholars and practitioners from a wide range of traditions, including Pentecostal and charismatic communities as well as voices from outside the modern West. Together they articulate a richly diverse understanding of the presence of the Holy Spirit, grounded both in the practice of worship and in the scholarly reflection that attends to this practice of faith.

Author Biography

Teresa Berger is professor of liturgical studies at Yale's Institute of Sacred Music and at Yale Divinity School. She holds doctorates in both dogmatic theology and liturgical studies. Her recent books include Women's Ways of Worship (1999) and Fragments of Real Presence (2005). She is also coproducer of the interactive CD-ROM Ocean Psalms. Bryan Spinks, DD (Dunelm, UK), is Goddard Professor of Liturgical Studies and Pastoral Theology at Yale Divinity School. He is the author of numerous books and articles and is coeditor of the Scottish Journal of Theology. Spinks is a former consultant to the Church of England Liturgical Commission, president emeritus of the Church Service Society of the Church of Scotland, and a fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
List of Abbreviations	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Foundations
Worship and the Spirit in the New Testament	p. 3
The Presence of God in Jewish Liturgy	p. 25
The Liturgy as the Work of the Spirit: A Theological Perspective	p. 41
The Adversary: Agony, Irony, and the Liturgical Role of the Holy Spirit	p. 59
The Rediscovery of the Holy Spirit in Modern Eucharistic Theology and Practice	p. 79
Historic Trajectories
Wombs of the Spirit: Incarnational Pneumatology in the Syrian Baptismal Tradition	p. 99
The Holy Spirit in Eastern Orthodox Worship: Historical Enfleshments and Contemporary Queries	p. 115
Veni Creator Spiritus: The Elusive Real Presence of the Spirit in the Catholic Tradition	p. 141
The Holy Spirit and Lutheran Liturgical-Sacramental Worship	p. 155
The Holy Spirit in the Ethiopian Orthodox Täwa&hdotbelow;?do Church Tradition	p. 179
The Spirit and African American Worship Traditions	p. 207
Newer Ecclesial Movements
Worshiping and the Spirit: Transmuting Liturgy Pentecostally	p. 223
The Spirit in Contemporary Charismatic Worship	p. 245
The Holy Spirit in the Worship of Some Zulu Zionist Churches	p. 261
The Role of the Holy Spirit in Worship: An Introduction to the Hillsong Church, Sydney, Australia	p. 285
Contributors	p. 293
General Index	p. 297
Scripture Index	p. 304
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