Way Of Worship Research Articles

American Missionary Influence on the Union of Church and State in Hawaii during the Regency of Kaahumanu

The order of King Liholiho in 1819 to destroy the heiaus (places of worship) and to burn the idols symbolized the union which bound the pantheistic religion and the autocratic govern ment of ancient Hawaii. This royal order followed closely on the heels of the violation by the king and certain chiefs of the kapu (restriction) which prohibited men and women from eating together. Even though the revolution which resulted was not complete, it marked the end of the old religion as an organized system.1 The close connection between the government of Hawaii and the religion practiced by the people before the over throw of the kapu system was also shown by the war which developed between Liholiho and Kekuaokalani, the chief who advocated the ancient way of worship. The latter considered the abolition of the kapu as both a religious and a political inno vation.2 With religion joined to the governmental structure of the tabu period, the people were oppressed by the venerable system of restraints.

Christendom: the Christian Churches, their Doctrines, Constitutional Forms and Ways of Worship. By Einar Molland. Pp. xiv + 418. London: Mowbray, 1959. 35s.

Christendom: the Christian Churches, their Doctrines, Constitutional Forms and Ways of Worship. By Einar Molland. Pp. xiv + 418. London: Mowbray, 1959. 35s.

E. Molland, Christendom. The christian churches, their doctrines, constitutional forms and ways of worship. London, Mowbray and Co., (1959). 22 x 14, XIV-418 p., Sh. 35/—.

E. Molland, Christendom. The christian churches, their doctrines, constitutional forms and ways of worship. London, Mowbray and Co., (1959). 22 x 14, XIV-418 p., Sh. 35/—.

The Eucharistic Sacrifice— ‘A Live Issue’

The question of sacrifice in the Eucharist has been called by the Ways of Worship Commission of Faith and Order a ‘live issue’, that is to say a question over which agreement is not right out of sight though considerable and even vehement controversy continues. At Lund, the section considering Ways of Worship reported that they had held a lively and rewarding discussion on the subject, and had been surprised by the degree of agreement revealed; on the other hand it must be admitted that neither the discussion nor the resulting agreement are very apparent from the relevant chapter of the Conference report. This article is an attempt to examine the present state of the question against a background of ecumenical discussion, and to suggest ways of conceiving the Eucharistic Sacrifice which might be more widely acceptable than those commonly put forward by ‘catholics’ in the past. Its sources, besides a necessarily incomplete study of some of the more influential modern contributions to the discussion, consist mainly in discussions amongst younger theologians and theological students in the ecumenical movement. Whilst this group is not so learned as its elders, and its discussions are seldom recorded in print, its contribution can be a valuable one, because it is most sensitive to the issues which are now live ones, and also because it frequently seems to clear away misunderstandings more effectively and reach greater agreement than more senior groups.

Book Review: Ways of Worship.

Book Review: Ways of Worship.

The Nature of the Church. Ed. R. Newton Flew (pp. 340). - Ways of Worship. Ed. Pehr Edwall, Eric Hayman and W. D. Maxwell (pp. 362). - Intercommunion. Ed. Donald Baillie and John Marsh (pp. 396). All S.C.M. Press, London, at 21s. each.

The Nature of the Church. Ed. R. Newton Flew (pp. 340). - Ways of Worship. Ed. Pehr Edwall, Eric Hayman and W. D. Maxwell (pp. 362). - Intercommunion. Ed. Donald Baillie and John Marsh (pp. 396). All S.C.M. Press, London, at 21s. each. - Volume 5 Issue 2

Ways Of Worship: The Report of a Theological Commission of Faith and Order. Edited by Peter Edwall, Eric Hayman, William D. Maxwell. (S.C.M. Press; 21s.)

Ways Of Worship: The Report of a Theological Commission of Faith and Order. Edited by Peter Edwall, Eric Hayman, William D. Maxwell. (S.C.M. Press; 21s.)

Book Review: Ways of Worship. Edited by P. Edwall, E. Hayman, and W. D. Maxwell. S.C.M. Press. 21s; Prayers and Services for Christian Festivals. By James M. Todd. Oxford University Press. 8s.6d; The Prayer Manual. By F. B. Macnutt. Mowbrays. 8s. 6d

Book Review: <scp>Ways of Worship</scp>. Edited by P. Edwall, E. Hayman, and W. D. Maxwell. S.C.M. Press. 21s; <scp>Prayers and Services for Christian Festivals</scp>. By James M. Todd. Oxford University Press. 8s.6d; <scp>The Prayer Manual</scp>. By F. B. Macnutt. Mowbrays. 8s. 6d

REVIEWS OF BOOKS

Books Reviewed in this article:GUSTAV WARNECK AND THE THEORY OF MISSIONS: Sendende und Werdende Kirche in der Missionstheologie Gustav Warneck's. By Johannes Dürr.MOVEMENTS TOWARDS REUNION: Towards a United Church, 1913–1947. By J. J. Willis, J. W. Arthur, S. C. Neill, G. W. Broomfield, R. K. Orchard, with an Introduction by W. J. Noble.THE CHRISTIAN APPROACH TO THE MUSLIM: L'Islam et Nous: Aperçus et Suggestions. By J. M. Abd‐el‐JalilTHE CHRISTIAN APPROACH TO THE MUSLIM: The Christian Approach to Islam in the Sudan. By J. Spencer Trimingham.PRINCIPLES OF BIBLE TRANSLATION: Bible Translating. An Analysis of Principles and Procedures, with special Reference to Aboriginal Languages. By Eugene A. Nida.A NEW EMPHASIS ON EVANGELISM: Committed Unto Us. By Willis Lamott.A NEW EMPHASIS ON EVANGELISM: New World Ahead. By David D. Baker.MISSIONARY INTEREST IN NORWAY: Misjonstankens Gjennombrudd 1 Norge. I. Misjonsappellens Tid 1800–1830. By Erling Danbolt.WAYS OF WORSHIP IN THE ORIENT: Their Search for God: Ways of Worship in the Orient. By Florence Mary Fitch.THE LIFE AND PROBLEMS OF ARGENTINA: Rural Life in Argentina. By Carl C. Taylor.WARNING TO SOUTH AFRICA: When Smuts Goes. A History of South Africa from 1952–2010. First published in 2015. By Arthur Keppel‐Jones.AMERICAN CORRESPONDENTS IN CHINA: Thunder Out of china. By Theodore H. White and Annalee Jacoby.A GOVERNOR‐GENERAL'S REMINISCENCES: Tour of Duty. By Sir Stewart Symes.INTRODUCTION TO THE PACIFIC ISLANDS: Native Peoples of the Pacific World. By Felix M. Keesing.

Their Search for God: Ways of Worship in the Orient

Their Search for God: Ways of Worship in the Orient

The Way of Worship, by Scott Francis Brenner. 200 pp. New York, the MacMillan Company, 1944. $2.00

The Way of Worship, by Scott Francis Brenner. 200 pp. New York, the MacMillan Company, 1944. $2.00

Book Review: The Way of Worship

Book Review: The Way of Worship

Cardinal Hinsley: His Last Words on Unity

I had just finished reading in his firm flowing handwriting, but with here and there a marked break, what must have been, alas ! one of his last personal letters, when the sad news came through of the heart attack from which he did not recover. He confessed that he had been having a rather bad time lately and was incapable of real work.Then his thoughts reverted to the subject of unity, one of the clear notes of his episcopacy, rarely absent from his serious mind, and to our grievous disunities. ‘In the mission field, I found,’ he writes, that the awful confusion due to disunion was the obstacle to the spread-of the Kingdom of God. In Europe our enemies—the enemies of Christianity, he calls them—make capital out of our divisions. But the mere mixing together, so to speak, of varying creeds and of different ways of worship would be a mechanical union, not the one body of Christ.’ He develops the I heme again and says that our prayers for the indwelling of the Holy Spirit sent to lead us into all truth must be ceaseless. It was the theme of one of his letters from the Collegio Inglese after his elevation, whilst he waited to take up his great task—’ At my age what can I do? ‘But as a soldier he obeys. ‘The troubled years and the awful movement of evil events have revealed that the Holy Father was divinely guided in his choice of a messenger. As the Public Orator of Oxford declaimed, ‘Cardinal Hinsley has become a true leader, not only in his own Church but in the nation at large.’ His broadcast after war broke upon us showed that he spoke with the voice of the nation—sad, stern, courageous, unfaltering.