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Suffering in Worship: Anglican Liturgy in Relation to Stories of Suffering People book cover

1st Edition

Suffering in Worship Anglican Liturgy in Relation to Stories of Suffering People

By Armand Léon van Ommen Copyright 2017
180 Pages
by Routledge

180 Pages
by Routledge

180 Pages
by Routledge
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How does the universal experience of suffering relate to the experience of worship? Questioning how Anglican liturgy welcomes people who are suffering, Suffering in Worship uniquely applies a narrative–ritual model for the analysis of both the liturgical text and worship services themselves. In this book, van Ommen draws on interviews with participants in worship as well as clergy.... Read more

1. Introduction





Part I.





2. A Narrative Analysis of Liturgy





3. Liturgy through the Lens of Narrative-Ritual Polarities





4. Themes in Addressing Suffering Through Liturgy





5. Suffering in Worship: Empirical Perspectives





Part II.





6. Connections: Human Tears and Divine Tears





7. Remembering







8. Remembering Suffering





9. When Stories Meet: Liturgy as Transformation and Healing





10. A Communal and Liturgical Spirituality of Reconciliation





11. Conclusion

Biography

Armand Léon van Ommen is Christ’s College Teaching Fellow in Practical Theology at the University of Aberdeen, UK. He completed his Ph.D. studies in 2015 at the Evangelische Theologische Faculteit (Leuven, Belgium) where he was also involved in teaching practical theology and liturgical studies. After growing up in a Reformed church in the Netherlands, and having been part of evangelical churches during his studies, Léon became a member of the Church of England in 2011.

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