Day: January 18, 2012
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Carpe Kairos
I love Glennon Melton’s use of theological language to talk about the experience of parenting, and I also think it’s relevant to my experiences of liturgy. Last semester in one of my classes we discussed the fact that liturgical discipline includes worshiping when we’re not worshipful, in hope that (to use Glennon’s words) kairos will…
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Week of Prayer for Christian Unity: Max Johnson on liturgy and ecumenism
“The most serious ideological challenge to the ecumenical–liturgical consensus and vision was certainly the 2001 Vatican document on translation, Liturgiam authenticam, a source of frustration to so many both within and outside the Roman Catholic Church.”
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Is the Era of Big Religion Over?
We might best describe the state of American religion today as “robust but confusing.” One in four youths are not currently affiliated with any particular religion. But it’s a safe bet that as they marry and have children at least some of these secular Americans will be calling on the assistance of a higher power.