Samuel TorvendFor the Life of the World
The Essentials of Episcopal Worship
Herausgeber: Torvend, Samuel
SAMUEL TORVEND is senior historian in Religion at Pacific Lutheran University and associate priest for adult formation at Christ Episcopal Church in Tacoma, Washington. He is the chair emeritus of the Commission on Liturgy and the Arts in the Diocese of Olympia and a much-published author on liturgy and social justice. He lives in Lakewood, WA.
Introduction
1 The Language of the Liturgy Is Scriptural Story and Ritual Symbol: There
Is Always More
2 The Liturgy Orients Us to a Loving, Liberating, and Life-Giving Mission
Two Words Concerning Liturgy A Challenge and a Promise
3 The Liturgy Asks Life-Changing Questions Christians Are Made, Not Born
Protection From the World or Service in It?
4 The Liturgy Holds Tradition and Change Together Encountering Christ Today
Invitations and Instructions
5 The Liturgy Leads Us to the Seasons of Life on God's Earth A Day Filled
with Promise A Week with an Earth-Loving God A Year with the Cosmic Christ
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