Sacraments After Christendom
Lutterworth Press (Verlag)
978-0-7188-9622-5 (ISBN)
In contemporary Western society the church has been pushed to the margins, leading experts to describe the current era as a time 'after Christendom'. Many traditional churches and congregations are struggling, a condition worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic regulations. As the practice of churchgoing wanes, the performance of the sacrament is called into question. How can we bring the traditional, communal experience of sacrament into the modern world?
In Sacraments after Christendom, Andrew Francis and Janet Sutton tackle this question head-on, exploring and discussing the enactment of the sacrament in the context of church decline and an increasingly isolated world. In doing so, they deconstruct traditional perceptions and broaden our understanding of ritual and community in order to rediscover the truth of the sacrament.
Andrew Francis and Janet Sutton are both United Reformed Church ministers. Janet worked in church and prison ministry in Manchester before becoming the URC's first pioneer minister; she now works as Evangelism Coach for the Church of England Diocese of Ely. After thirty years of pastoral leadership, Andrew is an itinerant speaker, published poet and writer, whose books include What in God's Name are You Eating? and OIKOS: God's Big Word for a Small Planet.
About the Writers
Acknowledgments
PART ONE: Encountering God in the Development of Sacraments
Reflection
1. Sacraments in a Time of . . .
2. The "Jesus Movement" and the Dominical Sacraments
3. Sacraments and the Christendom Church
4. The Challenge of Post-Christendom
5. "Sacrament," "Mysterion," "Ordinance," or Something Else?
PART TWO: Encountering God in Differing Christian Traditions
6. Baptism and Eucharist
7. "Five for the Symbols at Your Door"
8. Anointing
9. Community
10. Foot Washing
11. Holy Places?
PART THREE: Encountering God after Christendom
12. Encountering God: Discipleship and Spirituality
13. Sacraments after Christendom?
14. Conclusion
Bibliography
| Erscheinungsdatum | 17.10.2022 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte |
| Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Liturgik / Homiletik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7188-9622-X / 071889622X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7188-9622-5 / 9780718896225 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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