Methodist Worship Mediating the Wesleyan Liturgical Heritage Routledge Methodist Studies Series
Auteur : Sigler R. Matthew
What makes Methodist worship "Methodist" or "Wesleyan?" How do Methodists evaluate emerging forms of worship in light of their own liturgical heritage? This book considers these questions by bringing to light the work and significance of three Methodist liturgists who have until now received precious little scholarly focus: Thomas O. Summers (1812-1882), Nolan B. Harmon (1892-1993), and James F. White (1932-2004). Exploring each one?s contribution to the Methodist movement, it evaluates their continuing legacies as scholars and practitioners of Methodist worship.
Importantly, the work of all these men occurred during times of cultural change, which gave rise to new ways of worship within the landscape of American Methodism. Addressing them in chronological order, this study shows how each figure enacted liturgical reform and renewal by drawing from the liturgical textual tradition inherited directly from John Wesley?s Sunday Service of the Methodist in North America as well as the hymnody of Charles Wesley. It also demonstrates how they sought to inculturate the Wesleyan liturgical tradition in the midst of these significant changes.
Evaluating historic and emerging trends in Methodist liturgical praxis, this is a book that will be of great interest to scholars of Methodism, the History of Religion, Liturgical Studies and Theology.
Introduction: Form and Freedom; Distinction and Inculturation Part I: Thomas Osmund Summers 1 The First American Methodist Liturgical Historian 2 Between the Extremes: Form and Freedom Part II: Nolan Bailey Harmon 3 The Unlikely Liturgist 4 The Other Side of the Pendulum Part III: James Floyd White 5 The Consummate Academic 6 Methodist Worship in a Pluralistic Age Conclusion: Evaluating Emerging Forms
Matthew Sigler is Assistant Professor of Wesleyan Studies and United Methodist Liaison at Seattle Pacific University, USA. He is particularly interested in how the faith practices of communities of the past can affect the church today and has published articles on these subjects in journals such as Worship and Liturgy.
Date de parution : 08-2020
15.6x23.4 cm
Date de parution : 07-2018
15.6x23.4 cm
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