This Assembly of Believers : The Gifts of Difference in the Church at Prayer

Cones, Bryan

SCM Press（2020/11発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 320 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780334059714
• DDC分類 261.1

Full Description

"Among the symbols with which the liturgy deals, none is more important than this assembly of believers."

This claim made in the 1970s forces the local church to consider those within its congregation, and recognise the gifts and challenges of difference within the church community. In 'This Assembly of Believers' Bryan Cones seeks to take seriously the pastoral context of a congregation, recognising the physical ability, gender and sexuality of those who make up the congregation.

Starting each chapter with their lived experience, Cones poses important questions of the liturgy in light of these experiences before realigning the liturgy to demonstrate the positive theological significance of the marginalised within the congregation.

Contents

List of Abbreviations vii

Introduction: In Search of the 'Boundless Riches of Christ' 1

1. 'This Assembly of Believers': The Primary Symbol at Work 10

2. Assisted Reproduction: The Baptizing Assembly 70

3. 'Christ Is Present in His Church'? Gender, Presiding, and the Primary Symbol 103

4. The Pastoral Care of 'the Sick': Assembling Bodies with Impairment 134

5. Equivalent, Equal, or Something New? Adjustments to Marriage in the Primary Symbol 162

Conclusion: 'How Beautiful the Feet': Discerning the Path of the Primary Symbol 197

Bibliography 219

Index 239