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Deltio biblikōn meletōn, 2000
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Anglican Theological Review, Oct 1, 2005
Worship Today: Understanding, Practice, Ecumenical Implications. Edited by Thomas F. Best and Dag... more Worship Today: Understanding, Practice, Ecumenical Implications. Edited by Thomas F. Best and Dagmar Heller. Faith and Order Paper, no. 194. Geneva: WCC Publications, 2004. xiii + 325 pp. £15.95/$29.90 (paper). The editors have five aims in preparing this collection of essays: "(1) to provide information on the understanding and practice of worship in a wide range of churches and Christian contexts; (2) thereby to promote understanding among Christians of their own, and each others,' worship lives; (3) to take account of the impact-and implications-of the liturgical renewal and ecumenical movements for worship today; (4) through this to encourage informed reflection and dialogue among Christians about the meaning and practice of worship, both within particular churches and ecumenically; and (5) thus to promote the deepening and renewal of worship within and among the churches" (p. ix). To achieve these aims thirty-six authors representing a wide range of Christian traditions have prepared essays grouped under three headings: (I) Accounts from Churches and Christian Contexts, (II) Reflections on Worship in Ecumenical Contexts, and (III) Overviews and Analyses. The limits of this review permit only a broad overview of section I and general comments on sections II and III. Section I is itself divided into four sections: (A) Main Traditions, East and West; (B) Traditions in Specific Contexts; (C) Cross-Traditional Movements, and (D) Religious Communities. The authors were asked (i) to explain their tradition's practice and understanding of worship, including its diversity, (ii) to indicate how their tradition had been influenced by the liturgical and ecumenical movements, and (iii) to indicate how new developments in their tradition s practice of worship might help or hinder its ecumenical engagement. What is most engaging about the essays in this first section is that no attempt has been made to harmonize the voices that speak. Each author writes about her or his tradition with a degree of freshness and, at times, a partisanship that is not off-putting. It must be said, however, that not all of the authors have adhered to the three questions put to them by the editors, thus diminishing their contribution to the broader conversation. The editors are to be congratulated for including a number of voices not often heard on the international liturgical stage: Armenian Orthodox, Syrian Orthodox, Coptic Orthodox, Mar Thoma, Mennonite, Baptist, Quaker, Church of the Brethren, African Methodist Episcopal, Pentecostal, Seventh-day Adventist, Salvation Army, and Korean Full Gospel. When these voices are joined to those of "the usual suspects"-Anglican, Disciples of Christ, Lutheran, Methodist, Old Catholic, Reformed, and Roman Catholic-we hear a bit more of the symphony that is Christian worship in the world today. …
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