Liturgical Malformation: Stumbling Blocks on the Assembly’s Path
Despite assertions that liturgical prayer forms assemblies in patterns of Christian living, it also has the potential to misshape Christians in patterns of passivity. Liturgical books, church buildings, and habits of liturgical leadership leave many assemblies in the role of consumers to the product...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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| In: |
Liturgy
Year: 2025, Volume: 40, Issue: 2, Pages: 51-59 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KDD Protestant Church RB Church office; congregation RC Liturgy |
| Further subjects: | B
rubrics
B audience B Consumerism B Book of Common Prayer B Church Architecture B presiding B liturgical leadership B Assembly |
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| Summary: | Despite assertions that liturgical prayer forms assemblies in patterns of Christian living, it also has the potential to misshape Christians in patterns of passivity. Liturgical books, church buildings, and habits of liturgical leadership leave many assemblies in the role of consumers to the production of others. Attention to the whole assembly as the common subject of common prayer can help shape celebrations that propose those who gather as active agents, partners in God’s work in the world. |
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| ISSN: | 1557-3001 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Liturgy
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/0458063X.2025.2484977 |
