Book Of Worship Research Articles

Imam Abdul Hamid Al-Ghazali (Imam Ghazali). Ihya Ulum Id-Din (Revival of Religious Learning), Vol. 1. The Book of Worship. Translated by Fazlul Karim. Darul Ishaat, Urdu Bazar, Karachi, Pakistan, 1993

Sheikh al-Islam, Imam Abdul Hamid Al-Ghazali was born in 1058AD in the city of Tus, in Persia at that time. He died in the year 1111AD in this same city. The translator of the above-mentioned work writes: “Imam Abu-Hamid al-Ghazali is unquestionably the greatest theologian of Islam and one of its noblest and most original thinkers. He reproduced in his religious experience all the spiritual phases developed by Islam. It is therefore appropriate to inquire in this work and in many other ones that he has contributed to the pale of Islamic thought and worship (ibadah) as to what constitutes the centric focus of Islam regarding self and the world-system of Islamic belief and construction.

북미 개혁·장로교회 예배서 연구-한국장로교회 예배서 작성을 위한 적용점

제 2차 바티칸 공의회의 여러 문서 중 가장 주목을 받은 것은 전례헌 장이다. 어떻게 하면 성도들이“의식적이고”“능동적이고”“완전한”예 배 참여를 할 수 있을 것인가에 대해 지대한 관심을 보였던 전례헌장은 로마가톨릭교회 뿐 아니라 많은 교단들의 예배 갱신에 대한 열망과 동 기를 부여하였다. 그 결과로 등장한 것이 바로 예배서의 갱신 작업이었 다. 많은 교단들은 어떻게 하면 성경에 충실하면서도 그 시대를 살아가 는 사람들에게 다가갈 수 있는 예배를 기획할 수 있을까를 고심하였고 이를 그들의 새 예배서에 반영하였다. 최근 한국의 여러 교단들이 신앙 형성에 있어서 예배의 중요성을 절감 하고 예배서와 예전예식서의 작성과 개정에 깊은 관심을 보이고 있다. 해외에서 예배학과 설교학을 전공한 학자들이 각 교단에 포진되어 있으 며, 여러 목회자들과 힘을 합쳐 우리의 신학과 교회의 실천에 적합한 예 배서를 쓸 기초가 다져졌다고 본다. 그렇다면 어떤 내용들이 예배서에 포함되어야 하며, 어떤 신학적, 실천적 고려가 이 작업에 필요할까? 본 논고는 한국의 장로교회의 신학과 예배 실천에 큰 영향을 주었던 북미의 4개 교단의 예배서와 예배 모범을 살펴보면서 그들의 예배서는 어떤 내용이 담겨 있으며 특징이 무엇인지를 살피고자 한다. 그래서 한국의 장로교회가 예배서나 예전예식서를 작성할 때 어떤 점을 고려해야 할 것인지를 설명하겠다.

Significant Ritual Elements of The Sarum Rite for the Korean Methodist Church

The Sarum Rite (The SR) not only facilitates sacred objects such as salt, saliva, oil, a white cloth, and a burning candle but also bodily ritual actions such as “eating salt,” “spiting and touching with saliva,” “wearing a white cloth,” and “dipping the baptizand’s head/body into water and turning their head/body to the side of south, east, and north by turns in the water.” As for The SR, sacred objects and bodily ritual actions play a significant role in helping candidates actively participate in their baptismal rite. With regard to the baptism of the Korean Methodist Church (the KMC), The Korean Methodist New Book of Worship (The KMBW) rarely applies sacred objects and bodily ritual actions. This impoverished use of sacred objects and moderate ritual actions might not help the candidate actively participate in his or her baptismal rite. As a result, this passive participation of the baptizand might make his or her baptism a perfunctory ritual. Hence, the KMC needs to consider applying for sacred objects and bodily ritual actions. The KMC can learn significant ritual elements in terms of theological and liturgical aspects from The SR. The KMC does not need to follow the sacred objects and bodily ritual actions The SR uses. The KMC can develop any sacred objects and bodily ritual actions based on their sociocultural context for their baptism. The KMC can dynamically partake in their baptismal rite and make their baptism a more powerful, meaningful, and graceful ritual through using sacred objects and bodily ritual actions.

A Suggestion on a Principle and Structure of Baptismal Liturgy according to Analysis of the Book of Worship in Korean Presbyterian Church

A Suggestion on a Principle and Structure of Baptismal Liturgy according to Analysis of the Book of Worship in Korean Presbyterian Church

Three-in-One Worship

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Notes Carmen Renee Berry, The Unauthorized Guide to Choosing a Church (Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2003), 56–60, passim. Athanasian Creed, “Quicunque Vult,” Lutheran Book of Worship (Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1978), 54. Augustine, “The Trinity in the Baptism of Christ,” The Sunday Sermons of the Great Fathers, trans. and ed. M. F. Toal (Chicago: Henry Regnery, 1959), III, 75–76. “A Revelation of Love,” 51:275, in The Writings of Julian of Norwich, ed. Nicholas Watson and Jacqueline Jenkins (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2006), 287. A quote from the Apostolic Constitutions. See Luther D. Reed, The Lutheran Liturgy (Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1957), 356–57. Evangelical Lutheran Worship [hereafter ELW] (Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 2006), 230. Peter W. A. Davison, “When Long before Time,” ELW, #861. Christopher Idle, “My Lord of Light,” ELW, #832. Richard Leach, “Come, Join the Dance of Trinity,” ELW, #412. Carl P. Daw, Jr., “Restore in Us, O God,” ELW #328, Jean Janzen, “Mothering God, You Gave Me Birth,” ELW, #735. “My Soul Proclaims Your Greatness,” ELW, #251. Rublev's icon of the Trinity can be seen in full color at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Andrej_Rublëv_001.jpg. Leonid Ouspensky and Vladimir Lossky, The Meaning of Icons, trans. G. E. H. Palmer and E. Kadlowbovsky (Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1982), 204. See the Sunday liturgy enacted in this church in the video We Shall Go Up with Joy (Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1995). See http://www.worldcat.org/title/we-shall-go-up-with-joy/oclc/34165108 for library holdings of this video. Additional informationNotes on contributorsGail RamshawGail Ramshaw studies and crafts liturgical language from her home outside Washington, DC. Among her many publications are Treasures Old and New: Images in the Lectionary (Fortress, 2002) and A Three-Year Banquet: The Lectionary for the Assembly (Augsburg Fortress, 2004).

The Case of Sunday Eucharistic Service in The Korean Methodist New Book of Worship

The Case of Sunday Eucharistic Service in The Korean Methodist New Book of Worship

Healing Rites and the Transformation of Life: Observations and Insights from within the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Notes Evangelical Lutheran Worship, pew edition (Minneapolis; Augsburg Fortress, 2006), 271. Martin Luther, “The Babylonian Captivity of the Church (1520),” Luther's Works, Vol. 36, ed. Abdel Ross Wentz (Philadelphia; Fortress Press, 1959), 121–123; and “To Severin Schulze (June 1, 1545),” Luther: Letter of Spiritual Counsel, ed. and trans. Theodore G. Tappert (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1955), 52. Occasional Services: A companion to Lutheran Book of Worship (Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House; Philadelphia: Board of Publication, Lutheran Church in America, 1982). The Occasional Services from the Service Book and Hymnal (Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1962), 33. Paul R. Nelson, “Healing Rites for Serious Chronic Illness in the North American Cultural Context,” in Baptism, Rites of Passage, and Culture, ed. S. Anita Stauffer (Geneva: Lutheran World Federation, 1998), 98–100. Nelson, “Healing Rites,” 99. ELW, pew edition, 276–78. The ELW rite was preceded by a provisional rite for healing in Life Passages: Marriage, Healing, and Funeral, Renewing Worship 4 (Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 2002), 23–39. Evangelical Lutheran Worship, leaders' edition (Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 2006), 42. ELW, pew edition, 273. Ibid., 276. ELW, leaders' edition, 661–662. ELW, pew edition, 277. Life Passages, 24. Gordon Lathrop, “Baptismal Ordo and Rites of Passage in the Church,” Baptism, Rites of Passage, and Culture, ed. S. Anita Stauffer (Geneva: Lutheran World Federation, 1998), 45. ELW, pew edition, 273. Ibid., 276. ELW, leaders' edition, 42. ELW, pew edition, 277. Ibid., 276. Occasional Services (1982), 99. Nelson, “Healing Rites,” 102; for the comparison to older rites, see pp. 97–99, 102. Dietrich Bonfhoeffer, Spiritual Care, trans. Jay C. Rochelle (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1985), 56. Anscar J. Chupungco,“Baptism, Marriage, Healing, and Funerals: Principles and Criteria for Inculturation,” Baptism, Rites of Passage, and Culture, ed. S. Anita Stauffer (Geneva: Lutheran World Federation, 1998), 65. Additional informationNotes on contributorsThomas H. SchattauerThomas H. Schattauer is Professor of Liturgics and Dean of the chapel atWartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa. He is contributing editor ofInside Out: Worship in an Age of Mission,published by Fortress Press.

Music for Christian Funerals: Theological and Pastoral Reflections

Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Notes 1. On these themes as they developed in Methodist hymnody in the United States, see Karen B. Westerfield Tucker, American Methodist Worship (New York: Oxford University Press, 2001), 202–23. 2. Cited from The Hymnal, 1982: According to the Use of the Episcopal Church (New York: Church Hymnal, 1985), #356. 3. Cited from the Moravian Book of Worship (Bethlehem, Penn.: Interprovincial Board of Publications and Communications, 1995), #811. 4. Cited from the Hymn Book of the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada (Toronto: Anglican Church of Canada and United Church of Canada, 1971), #352. 5. Joseph N. Greene, The Funeral: Its Conduct and Properties (Cincinnati: Jennings and Graham, 1905; New York: Eaton and Mains, 1905), 46–47. 6. Journal, December 14, 1774, The Works of John Wesley, vol. 22, ed. W. Reginald Ward and Richard P. Heitzenrater (Nashville: Abingdon, 1993), 440. Moravian Book of Worship, 178, 181. 8. “Preface to the Burial Hymns, 1542,” trans. Paul Zeller Strodach, in Luther's Works, vol. 53, ed. Ulrich S. Leupold (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1965), 326. 9. Cited from Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church, rev. ed. (New York: Nelson & Phillips, 1849; Cincinnati: Hitchcock & Walden, 1849), #1069. 10. Cited from the United Methodist Hymnal (Nashville: United Methodist Publishing House, 1989), #653. 11. “The Homeland” by Hugh R. Haweis (1838–1901), cited from The Methodist Hymnal (New York and Nashville: The Methodist Publishing House, 1939), #530. 12. Cited from Common Praise (Toronto: General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada, 1998), #296. 13. The full text may be found, for example, in the United Methodist Hymnal, #711. 14. Cited from The Presbyterian Hymnal: Hymns, Psalms, and Spiritual Songs (Louisville: Westminster/ John Knox, 1990), #528. Additional informationNotes on contributorsKaren B. Westerfield TuckerKaren B. Westerfield Tucker, a United Methodist presbyter, is professor of worship at the Boston University School of Theology and organist at First Parish, United Church of Westwood, Massachusetts.

Liturgical Uniformity

ABSTRACTThe uniformity of worship which we accept as part of the Anglican tradition was an entirely new idea when it was introduced in the sixteenth century. Few had asked for a single book of worship, but it was enforced by top-down, often draconian measures. This article traces the changing circumstances which have led to the loss of such uniformity not only in England, but in the worldwide Anglican Communion. In this process the equation of Anglican identity with a particular liturgical ethos may have disappeared. That process can be illustrated from the experience of the last Lambeth Conference.

The Constitution and the Lutheran Book of Worship

The Constitution and the Lutheran Book of Worship

The Divine Duty of Servants: A Book of Worship (Based on the Artwork of Bruno Schulz)

The Divine Duty of Servants: A Book of Worship (Based on the Artwork of Bruno Schulz)

Confirmation in the Lutheran Book of Worship

Confirmation in the Lutheran Book of Worship

Sequence and Meaning: The Offertory Rite of the Lutheran Book of Worship

Sequence and Meaning: The Offertory Rite of the Lutheran Book of Worship

New Methodist Hymnal and Book of Worship

New Methodist Hymnal and Book of Worship

Book Review: Manual for Training in Worship. The Book of Worship of the Church School

Book Review: Manual for Training in Worship. The Book of Worship of the Church School