Michel Mohr
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- January 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780195304671
- eISBN:
- 9780199866861
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195304671.003.0008
- Subject:
- Religion, Buddhism
Chapter 7 describes the history and contemporary standing of a political ritual practiced in most Japanese Zen monasteries and temples today. This hour long ritual—Shukushin (Invoking the Sage)—is ...
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Chapter 7 describes the history and contemporary standing of a political ritual practiced in most Japanese Zen monasteries and temples today. This hour long ritual—Shukushin (Invoking the Sage)—is performed at least twenty‐six times each year throughout Japan. The concept of the sage can be traced back from classical Daoism and the practice of rituals on behalf of the well‐being and long life of the emperor through early Chinese Buddhist sources up through the Sung dynasty Ch'an school. Describing the ritual as it is performed today in Japan, the essay shows how continuity of ritual tradition is maintained in Zen even into the postwar era in which the emperor's role in maintaining the prosperity and well‐being of the nation is minimal.Less
Chapter 7 describes the history and contemporary standing of a political ritual practiced in most Japanese Zen monasteries and temples today. This hour long ritual—Shukushin (Invoking the Sage)—is performed at least twenty‐six times each year throughout Japan. The concept of the sage can be traced back from classical Daoism and the practice of rituals on behalf of the well‐being and long life of the emperor through early Chinese Buddhist sources up through the Sung dynasty Ch'an school. Describing the ritual as it is performed today in Japan, the essay shows how continuity of ritual tradition is maintained in Zen even into the postwar era in which the emperor's role in maintaining the prosperity and well‐being of the nation is minimal.
Christopher Bryan
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- July 2005
- ISBN:
- 9780195183344
- eISBN:
- 9780199835584
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195183347.003.0007
- Subject:
- Religion, Early Christian Studies
Luke’s primary purpose is theological, but he is also interested in preparing his readers for persecution, whatever its source, and he is concerned with “legitimation”: the process whereby those who ...
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Luke’s primary purpose is theological, but he is also interested in preparing his readers for persecution, whatever its source, and he is concerned with “legitimation”: the process whereby those who become members of a new order need to have it explained and justified, especially if they have commitments that bind them to the old. Luke portrays some Roman officials negatively; he portrays many more positively. As Luke’s narrative begins, Mary’s obedience to Caesar is God’s instrument, bringing her to the place where she may fulfill God’s purpose; as it ends, Paul’s Roman citizenship is God’s instrument, protecting him and bringing him to proclaim the gospel in Rome. 1 Peter tells believers to “honor” the Emperor, though they are to “fear” no one but God. The seer of Revelation attacks Rome for what he sees as its idolatry (worship of emperor and empire), but even he does not counsel resistance to Rome or rebellion.Less
Luke’s primary purpose is theological, but he is also interested in preparing his readers for persecution, whatever its source, and he is concerned with “legitimation”: the process whereby those who become members of a new order need to have it explained and justified, especially if they have commitments that bind them to the old. Luke portrays some Roman officials negatively; he portrays many more positively. As Luke’s narrative begins, Mary’s obedience to Caesar is God’s instrument, bringing her to the place where she may fulfill God’s purpose; as it ends, Paul’s Roman citizenship is God’s instrument, protecting him and bringing him to proclaim the gospel in Rome. 1 Peter tells believers to “honor” the Emperor, though they are to “fear” no one but God. The seer of Revelation attacks Rome for what he sees as its idolatry (worship of emperor and empire), but even he does not counsel resistance to Rome or rebellion.
Clyde Binfield
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- May 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199545247
- eISBN:
- 9780191725708
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199545247.003.0007
- Subject:
- Religion, Church History
Chapter 6 considers Congregational hymnody at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as reflected in the career, publications, and friendships of William Garrett Horder (1841–1922), a ...
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Chapter 6 considers Congregational hymnody at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as reflected in the career, publications, and friendships of William Garrett Horder (1841–1922), a prominent Congregational minister who was widely known beyond denominational boundaries as hymnologist and compiler of hymn-books in an increasingly liberal tradition. Horder is shown to be a representative figure in an influential dissenting denomination, and in this light due consideration is given to his book The Hymn Lover (1889), and his best known compilation, Worship Song (revised edition 1905). Particular attention is paid to his social context, his varied pastorates, and his catholic and transatlantic circle of acquaintances, as well as to his impact, especially as refracted through Worship Song.Less
Chapter 6 considers Congregational hymnody at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as reflected in the career, publications, and friendships of William Garrett Horder (1841–1922), a prominent Congregational minister who was widely known beyond denominational boundaries as hymnologist and compiler of hymn-books in an increasingly liberal tradition. Horder is shown to be a representative figure in an influential dissenting denomination, and in this light due consideration is given to his book The Hymn Lover (1889), and his best known compilation, Worship Song (revised edition 1905). Particular attention is paid to his social context, his varied pastorates, and his catholic and transatlantic circle of acquaintances, as well as to his impact, especially as refracted through Worship Song.
Nigel Yates
- Published in print:
- 2000
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198269892
- eISBN:
- 9780191683848
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198269892.001.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Church History
This innovative book challenges many of the widely held assumptions about the impact of ritualism on the Victorian church. Through a detailed analysis of the geographical spread of ritualistic ...
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This innovative book challenges many of the widely held assumptions about the impact of ritualism on the Victorian church. Through a detailed analysis of the geographical spread of ritualistic churches in the British Isles, the book shows that the impact of ritualism was as strong, if not stronger, in middle-class and rural parishes as in working-class and urban areas. It gives a detailed reassessment of the debates and controversies surrounding the attitudes of the Anglican bishops towards ritualism, the impact of public opinion on discussions in parliament, and the implementation of the Public Worship Regulation Act of 1874. It examines the wider historical implications by not simply focusing on ritualism during the Victorian period, but extrapolating this to show the impact that ritualism has had on the longer-term development of Anglicanism in the twentieth century.Less
This innovative book challenges many of the widely held assumptions about the impact of ritualism on the Victorian church. Through a detailed analysis of the geographical spread of ritualistic churches in the British Isles, the book shows that the impact of ritualism was as strong, if not stronger, in middle-class and rural parishes as in working-class and urban areas. It gives a detailed reassessment of the debates and controversies surrounding the attitudes of the Anglican bishops towards ritualism, the impact of public opinion on discussions in parliament, and the implementation of the Public Worship Regulation Act of 1874. It examines the wider historical implications by not simply focusing on ritualism during the Victorian period, but extrapolating this to show the impact that ritualism has had on the longer-term development of Anglicanism in the twentieth century.
ROWAN STRONG
- Published in print:
- 1995
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198263579
- eISBN:
- 9780191682605
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198263579.003.0007
- Subject:
- Religion, Church History
This chapter examines the revival of Tractarianism and the last years of Forbes's life. By 1870, Forbes had resolved his doubts about Anglicanism and recovered his commitment to the Anglican Church. ...
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This chapter examines the revival of Tractarianism and the last years of Forbes's life. By 1870, Forbes had resolved his doubts about Anglicanism and recovered his commitment to the Anglican Church. Freed from the counter-attractions of Roman Catholicism, he once again became an enthusiastic proponent of Tractarianism, advocating the religious life, and upholding the independence of the Church in education and public worship. He regained that confidence in the Tractarian vision of the Church that he nearly lost during the 1860s. In many respects, he was increasingly out of step with the British society of the 1870s. His paternalism towards the poor was challenged by the movements which sought greater autonomy and less dependence of the working class. Forbes was absent in the synod of 1875 because of a severe gastric illness. He died on 8 October 1875 at the age of fifty-eight, after the administration of the last rites of the Church.Less
This chapter examines the revival of Tractarianism and the last years of Forbes's life. By 1870, Forbes had resolved his doubts about Anglicanism and recovered his commitment to the Anglican Church. Freed from the counter-attractions of Roman Catholicism, he once again became an enthusiastic proponent of Tractarianism, advocating the religious life, and upholding the independence of the Church in education and public worship. He regained that confidence in the Tractarian vision of the Church that he nearly lost during the 1860s. In many respects, he was increasingly out of step with the British society of the 1870s. His paternalism towards the poor was challenged by the movements which sought greater autonomy and less dependence of the working class. Forbes was absent in the synod of 1875 because of a severe gastric illness. He died on 8 October 1875 at the age of fifty-eight, after the administration of the last rites of the Church.
Nigel Yates
- Published in print:
- 2000
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198269892
- eISBN:
- 9780191683848
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198269892.003.0006
- Subject:
- Religion, Church History
The divisions that existed within the Church of England over matters of ritual prompted authorities to enact legislation as a means to control ritualism. This chapter examines why it proved to be so ...
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The divisions that existed within the Church of England over matters of ritual prompted authorities to enact legislation as a means to control ritualism. This chapter examines why it proved to be so difficult to control Anglican ritualism, whether through existing or new legislation. It looks at the motives of those who were determined to place limits on ritual innovation, as well as those of the many clergy and laity who were equally determined that such limits must be resisted, and those of the pragmatists who recognized that the judicial process had its limitations in matters of religious belief where opinions were strongly held and defended. It also discusses attempts to determine the legitimacy of doctrinal teaching through appeal to the courts, the impact of public opinion on discussions in Parliament, the establishment of the Royal Commission on Ritual in 1867, and the implementation of the Public Worship Regulation Act of 1874.Less
The divisions that existed within the Church of England over matters of ritual prompted authorities to enact legislation as a means to control ritualism. This chapter examines why it proved to be so difficult to control Anglican ritualism, whether through existing or new legislation. It looks at the motives of those who were determined to place limits on ritual innovation, as well as those of the many clergy and laity who were equally determined that such limits must be resisted, and those of the pragmatists who recognized that the judicial process had its limitations in matters of religious belief where opinions were strongly held and defended. It also discusses attempts to determine the legitimacy of doctrinal teaching through appeal to the courts, the impact of public opinion on discussions in Parliament, the establishment of the Royal Commission on Ritual in 1867, and the implementation of the Public Worship Regulation Act of 1874.
Nigel Yates
- Published in print:
- 2000
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198269892
- eISBN:
- 9780191683848
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198269892.003.0007
- Subject:
- Religion, Church History
This chapter explores the increase of ritualist activity in Anglican parishes in the thirty years following the passing of the Public Worship Regulation Act of 1874. It examines the effect that ...
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This chapter explores the increase of ritualist activity in Anglican parishes in the thirty years following the passing of the Public Worship Regulation Act of 1874. It examines the effect that Tractarian theology and ritualist practice had on how some Anglican High–Churchmen viewed their relations with the Roman Catholic Church and sought practical ways of implementing reunion schemes. It takes account of ritualist innovations in other Protestant churches in Britain, which could hardly be expected to be unaffected by the developments in Anglican ones. By the 1890s, the failure to prevent the spread of ritualist practices within the Church of England and beyond it led to what has been termed the ‘Crisis in the Church’ and eventually to the setting up of a Royal Commission on Ecclesiastical Discipline. This chapter also looks at ritualism in the parishes between 1875 and 1904, along with ritualism in Protestant dissent and the Church of Scotland.Less
This chapter explores the increase of ritualist activity in Anglican parishes in the thirty years following the passing of the Public Worship Regulation Act of 1874. It examines the effect that Tractarian theology and ritualist practice had on how some Anglican High–Churchmen viewed their relations with the Roman Catholic Church and sought practical ways of implementing reunion schemes. It takes account of ritualist innovations in other Protestant churches in Britain, which could hardly be expected to be unaffected by the developments in Anglican ones. By the 1890s, the failure to prevent the spread of ritualist practices within the Church of England and beyond it led to what has been termed the ‘Crisis in the Church’ and eventually to the setting up of a Royal Commission on Ecclesiastical Discipline. This chapter also looks at ritualism in the parishes between 1875 and 1904, along with ritualism in Protestant dissent and the Church of Scotland.
Keith E. McNeal
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780813037363
- eISBN:
- 9780813042121
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813037363.003.0001
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Latin American Studies
The prologue launches the book with two anecdotes experienced by the author engaging with African and Hindu spirit mediums, which introduce the reader to the practice of trance performance as well as ...
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The prologue launches the book with two anecdotes experienced by the author engaging with African and Hindu spirit mediums, which introduce the reader to the practice of trance performance as well as the local traditions of spirit mediumship in Trinidad focused upon here: Orisha Worship and Shakti Puja. The notion of ecstasy used throughout is also introduced.Less
The prologue launches the book with two anecdotes experienced by the author engaging with African and Hindu spirit mediums, which introduce the reader to the practice of trance performance as well as the local traditions of spirit mediumship in Trinidad focused upon here: Orisha Worship and Shakti Puja. The notion of ecstasy used throughout is also introduced.
Jacob M. Baum
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- May 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780252042195
- eISBN:
- 9780252050930
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
- DOI:
- 10.5622/illinois/9780252042195.003.0006
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
Through analysis of church ordinances, ecclesiastical visitation reports, and church inventories, this chapter turns to assess the degree to which the early Lutheran church actually implemented the ...
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Through analysis of church ordinances, ecclesiastical visitation reports, and church inventories, this chapter turns to assess the degree to which the early Lutheran church actually implemented the changes its proponents had envisioned in the early 1520s. It demonstrates that, in contrast to the hypercoherent rhetoric of the Reformation’s early years, the process of transforming the sensuous appeal of worship was highly inconsistent. To be sure, the impetus to “de-sensualize” religion was still very much present in the minds and in the rhetoric of leading reformers, but many of traditions of local governance over worship, established in the later Middle Ages alongside locally intervening political economic concerns, meant that implementing the reformation of the senses in practice was a highly variegated affair. Significant continuities with the late Middle Ages endured, although some important changes were apparent as well.Less
Through analysis of church ordinances, ecclesiastical visitation reports, and church inventories, this chapter turns to assess the degree to which the early Lutheran church actually implemented the changes its proponents had envisioned in the early 1520s. It demonstrates that, in contrast to the hypercoherent rhetoric of the Reformation’s early years, the process of transforming the sensuous appeal of worship was highly inconsistent. To be sure, the impetus to “de-sensualize” religion was still very much present in the minds and in the rhetoric of leading reformers, but many of traditions of local governance over worship, established in the later Middle Ages alongside locally intervening political economic concerns, meant that implementing the reformation of the senses in practice was a highly variegated affair. Significant continuities with the late Middle Ages endured, although some important changes were apparent as well.
Kathryn Lofton
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- May 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780226481937
- eISBN:
- 9780226482125
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226482125.003.0004
- Subject:
- Religion, Religious Studies
This chapter looks at a little-known episode in church history to think about how ritual became such a market force. In the nineteenth century, the Anglophone world was caught up in a crisis defined ...
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This chapter looks at a little-known episode in church history to think about how ritual became such a market force. In the nineteenth century, the Anglophone world was caught up in a crisis defined by a debate about right ritualization. In this elite squabble, the label “Ritualist” was deployed as an epithet to describe a revival of interest in church sacraments. Anglican and Episcopalian Ritualists advocated “High Church” ceremonialism to counter what they perceived as secularization. This secularization was not an irreligious force as much as it was—to the Ritualists—a diminished ritual force. The term scientia ritus is coined to describe the way in which the literature produced in the crisis offered a certain exacting diagnostic technology for right ritual behavior and ritual analysis. This chapter focuses on the depiction of these debates about ritual as indicative of a broader pattern of religious life in the emergent modern American consumer culture. This is not to suggest that rituals vacated their content to become commodities; rather, it is to argue that the debates about ritual became articulated through the mediated marketplace that formats religion.Less
This chapter looks at a little-known episode in church history to think about how ritual became such a market force. In the nineteenth century, the Anglophone world was caught up in a crisis defined by a debate about right ritualization. In this elite squabble, the label “Ritualist” was deployed as an epithet to describe a revival of interest in church sacraments. Anglican and Episcopalian Ritualists advocated “High Church” ceremonialism to counter what they perceived as secularization. This secularization was not an irreligious force as much as it was—to the Ritualists—a diminished ritual force. The term scientia ritus is coined to describe the way in which the literature produced in the crisis offered a certain exacting diagnostic technology for right ritual behavior and ritual analysis. This chapter focuses on the depiction of these debates about ritual as indicative of a broader pattern of religious life in the emergent modern American consumer culture. This is not to suggest that rituals vacated their content to become commodities; rather, it is to argue that the debates about ritual became articulated through the mediated marketplace that formats religion.
Jon Bialecki
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- September 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780520294202
- eISBN:
- 9780520967410
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520294202.003.0002
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Anthropology, Religion
Through a discussion of Worship in the Vineyard, this chapter charts the various scales of temporality that give the movement its shape. It identities the temporalities of embodiment and training, of ...
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Through a discussion of Worship in the Vineyard, this chapter charts the various scales of temporality that give the movement its shape. It identities the temporalities of embodiment and training, of social organization, of musical performance, of biographical arcs and of changing relations with God, and finally the cosmic ‘already/not-yet’ temporality that the Vineyard associates with messianic time and their vision of “Kingdom Theology”.Less
Through a discussion of Worship in the Vineyard, this chapter charts the various scales of temporality that give the movement its shape. It identities the temporalities of embodiment and training, of social organization, of musical performance, of biographical arcs and of changing relations with God, and finally the cosmic ‘already/not-yet’ temporality that the Vineyard associates with messianic time and their vision of “Kingdom Theology”.
Rhys S. Bezzant
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199890309
- eISBN:
- 9780199352630
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199890309.003.0018
- Subject:
- Religion, Church History
This section surveys Edwards’s approach to the shape of Sunday meetings, including his commitment to their participatory character and his understanding of the place of psalmody, hymn-singing, and ...
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This section surveys Edwards’s approach to the shape of Sunday meetings, including his commitment to their participatory character and his understanding of the place of psalmody, hymn-singing, and praise in the life of the gathered congregation. He is prepared to jettison old forms of psalm-singing in order that the unity of the congregation is fostered, for example, through the hymns of Isaac Watts, because the congregation can give expression to unity when pursuing harmonious parts. Abolishing the traditional church calendar and highlighting Sabbath day exercises among Puritans gave attention to the value of work as well as the benefits of rest and the goal of praise in the great heavenly Sabbath. His operational ecclesiology was eschatological, not merely primitivist.Less
This section surveys Edwards’s approach to the shape of Sunday meetings, including his commitment to their participatory character and his understanding of the place of psalmody, hymn-singing, and praise in the life of the gathered congregation. He is prepared to jettison old forms of psalm-singing in order that the unity of the congregation is fostered, for example, through the hymns of Isaac Watts, because the congregation can give expression to unity when pursuing harmonious parts. Abolishing the traditional church calendar and highlighting Sabbath day exercises among Puritans gave attention to the value of work as well as the benefits of rest and the goal of praise in the great heavenly Sabbath. His operational ecclesiology was eschatological, not merely primitivist.
Monique M. Ingalls
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- September 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780199314706
- eISBN:
- 9780190619541
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199314706.003.0014
- Subject:
- Music, Popular
YouTube has enabled music and religious practice to become conjoined in new and complex ways. This chapter explores the social life of a particular Christian video genre: the worship music video. ...
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YouTube has enabled music and religious practice to become conjoined in new and complex ways. This chapter explores the social life of a particular Christian video genre: the worship music video. Worship music videos bring music, text, and images together into a new form of online ritual practice that challenges the distinctions between public and private piety, online and offline worship, and audiovisual consumption and production within evangelical Christianity. Drawing from a selected field of YouTube worship videos, this chapter demonstrates the ways in which these videos have inspired new Christian audiovisual devotional practices and have influenced trends in Contemporary Worship Music and congregational singing. This chapter extends previous work on music and social media and online religion by showing how YouTube enables the musical broadcasting of beliefs and practices and, in doing so, forms religious and musical selves and publics.Less
YouTube has enabled music and religious practice to become conjoined in new and complex ways. This chapter explores the social life of a particular Christian video genre: the worship music video. Worship music videos bring music, text, and images together into a new form of online ritual practice that challenges the distinctions between public and private piety, online and offline worship, and audiovisual consumption and production within evangelical Christianity. Drawing from a selected field of YouTube worship videos, this chapter demonstrates the ways in which these videos have inspired new Christian audiovisual devotional practices and have influenced trends in Contemporary Worship Music and congregational singing. This chapter extends previous work on music and social media and online religion by showing how YouTube enables the musical broadcasting of beliefs and practices and, in doing so, forms religious and musical selves and publics.
Chad van Dixhoorn
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- February 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780199639731
- eISBN:
- 9780191836695
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199639731.003.0023
- Subject:
- Religion, Church History, History of Christianity
By the outbreak of the civil war, a majority of members in the Long Parliament saw it as their duty to renovate the Church of England. There were aspects of this transformation that the Lords and ...
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By the outbreak of the civil war, a majority of members in the Long Parliament saw it as their duty to renovate the Church of England. There were aspects of this transformation that the Lords and Commons were willing to direct themselves. But neither house was eager to generate a new design for the church. For that reason, Parliament formed an assembly of divines, a kind of ecclesiastical architectural service, to which it could contract the task of planning a remodelled church. This chapter discusses the work of that body and situates it within the history of the Church of England.Less
By the outbreak of the civil war, a majority of members in the Long Parliament saw it as their duty to renovate the Church of England. There were aspects of this transformation that the Lords and Commons were willing to direct themselves. But neither house was eager to generate a new design for the church. For that reason, Parliament formed an assembly of divines, a kind of ecclesiastical architectural service, to which it could contract the task of planning a remodelled church. This chapter discusses the work of that body and situates it within the history of the Church of England.
Jeffrey A. Summit
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- August 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780199844081
- eISBN:
- 9780190497071
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199844081.003.0003
- Subject:
- Music, History, American
Torah is read in the context of a special service embedded in the larger worship service and, in Chapter 3, I explain the structure and content of that service. I also consider how worshippers ...
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Torah is read in the context of a special service embedded in the larger worship service and, in Chapter 3, I explain the structure and content of that service. I also consider how worshippers experience unique aspects of that service—the Torah processional and acts of veneration, such as kissing the Torah. The Torah service has a complex cast of characters and I explain the roles they play and how women and men understand and approach their participation in this religious and cultural performance. The Jewish mystics taught that when the Torah scroll is open, so are the gates of mercy and, as such, the Torah service is seen as an especially propitious time for petition in prayer.Less
Torah is read in the context of a special service embedded in the larger worship service and, in Chapter 3, I explain the structure and content of that service. I also consider how worshippers experience unique aspects of that service—the Torah processional and acts of veneration, such as kissing the Torah. The Torah service has a complex cast of characters and I explain the roles they play and how women and men understand and approach their participation in this religious and cultural performance. The Jewish mystics taught that when the Torah scroll is open, so are the gates of mercy and, as such, the Torah service is seen as an especially propitious time for petition in prayer.
Stephen Mark Holmes
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- October 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780198747901
- eISBN:
- 9780191810787
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198747901.003.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Church History
The Introduction presents the shape and method of the book and gives reasons for the chronological framework chosen. It presents ‘liturgical interpretation’ as genre which was important in medieval ...
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The Introduction presents the shape and method of the book and gives reasons for the chronological framework chosen. It presents ‘liturgical interpretation’ as genre which was important in medieval and early modern intellectual life but has been neglected in modern scholarship. Terms are defined and it is explained how an emphasis on the interpretation of public worship holds together the wide variety of sources and methods used in this investigation. The Introduction also sites the book in the ongoing debate about the historiography of the Scottish Reformation and the historiographical trend towards the recovery of rite and symbol. It is suggested how the research behind the book points towards a radically new understanding of the Scottish Reformation as a Catholic and Protestant phenomenon and lays the foundation for a revisionist view of the period in Scotland which may be compared to that associated with Eamon Duffy’s The Stripping of the Altars in England.Less
The Introduction presents the shape and method of the book and gives reasons for the chronological framework chosen. It presents ‘liturgical interpretation’ as genre which was important in medieval and early modern intellectual life but has been neglected in modern scholarship. Terms are defined and it is explained how an emphasis on the interpretation of public worship holds together the wide variety of sources and methods used in this investigation. The Introduction also sites the book in the ongoing debate about the historiography of the Scottish Reformation and the historiographical trend towards the recovery of rite and symbol. It is suggested how the research behind the book points towards a radically new understanding of the Scottish Reformation as a Catholic and Protestant phenomenon and lays the foundation for a revisionist view of the period in Scotland which may be compared to that associated with Eamon Duffy’s The Stripping of the Altars in England.
Stephen Mark Holmes
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- October 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780198747901
- eISBN:
- 9780191810787
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198747901.003.0006
- Subject:
- Religion, Church History
The poem, catechisms and other official texts studied in this chapter show that liturgical interpretation had a significant place in both rival versions of reformatio ecclesiae, Catholic and ...
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The poem, catechisms and other official texts studied in this chapter show that liturgical interpretation had a significant place in both rival versions of reformatio ecclesiae, Catholic and Protestant. It is argued that this was partly due to Wishart and Knox pushing worship to the centre of controversy from the late 1540s and partly to its centrality to the Catholic Reform movements which formed most of the leaders on both sides. A new spirit associated with the Council of Trent led to a decline in interest in Catholic liturgical interpretation at the end of the century. The Reformed version of liturgical interpretation was distinguished not by method but by the worship it explained, a Reformed liturgy determined by the exclusive scriptural principle of worship. The chapter also confirms the importance of the diocese of Aberdeen in the history of liturgical interpretation in Scotland.Less
The poem, catechisms and other official texts studied in this chapter show that liturgical interpretation had a significant place in both rival versions of reformatio ecclesiae, Catholic and Protestant. It is argued that this was partly due to Wishart and Knox pushing worship to the centre of controversy from the late 1540s and partly to its centrality to the Catholic Reform movements which formed most of the leaders on both sides. A new spirit associated with the Council of Trent led to a decline in interest in Catholic liturgical interpretation at the end of the century. The Reformed version of liturgical interpretation was distinguished not by method but by the worship it explained, a Reformed liturgy determined by the exclusive scriptural principle of worship. The chapter also confirms the importance of the diocese of Aberdeen in the history of liturgical interpretation in Scotland.
Stephen Mark Holmes
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- October 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780198747901
- eISBN:
- 9780191810787
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198747901.003.0007
- Subject:
- Religion, Church History
This chapter examines the place of Catholic and Reformed liturgical interpretation in the different stages of Reformation controversy and again shows the importance of the ‘Aberdeen Liturgists’. It ...
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This chapter examines the place of Catholic and Reformed liturgical interpretation in the different stages of Reformation controversy and again shows the importance of the ‘Aberdeen Liturgists’. It shows how Catholic controversialists such as Quintin Kennedy and Ninian Winzet used liturgical interpretation to defend traditional liturgy, while Protestants attacked traditional liturgical interpretation in ‘anti-commentaries’ but still used the method on their own worship. From around 1580 liturgical interpretation was largely absent in controversial literature. The chapter concludes by defining the nature of Reformed liturgical interpretation using Ane Breif Gathering of the Halie Signes (1565) and Robert Bruce’s 1590 sermons on the Lord’s Supper. It is shown to be distinctive in its simplicity and close to the humanist, catechetical version of liturgical interpretation characteristic of Catholic Reform.Less
This chapter examines the place of Catholic and Reformed liturgical interpretation in the different stages of Reformation controversy and again shows the importance of the ‘Aberdeen Liturgists’. It shows how Catholic controversialists such as Quintin Kennedy and Ninian Winzet used liturgical interpretation to defend traditional liturgy, while Protestants attacked traditional liturgical interpretation in ‘anti-commentaries’ but still used the method on their own worship. From around 1580 liturgical interpretation was largely absent in controversial literature. The chapter concludes by defining the nature of Reformed liturgical interpretation using Ane Breif Gathering of the Halie Signes (1565) and Robert Bruce’s 1590 sermons on the Lord’s Supper. It is shown to be distinctive in its simplicity and close to the humanist, catechetical version of liturgical interpretation characteristic of Catholic Reform.
Stephen Mark Holmes
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- October 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780198747901
- eISBN:
- 9780191810787
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198747901.003.0008
- Subject:
- Religion, Church History
The conclusion brings together the main contributions of Sacred Signs. By defining liturgical interpretation and showing its centrality to Scottish religious culture, it opens up a neglected area of ...
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The conclusion brings together the main contributions of Sacred Signs. By defining liturgical interpretation and showing its centrality to Scottish religious culture, it opens up a neglected area of religious culture and suggests why it has been neglected. The study of liturgical interpretation in Scotland shows that there was more continuity than has been allowed over the religious revolution of 1559–60. It argues that the way we speak about the Scottish Reformation is wrong and needs to be changed to include Catholic as well as Protestant Reform movements. It also looks forward to ways that the distinctive method developed in this book could be applied to other regions and periods.Less
The conclusion brings together the main contributions of Sacred Signs. By defining liturgical interpretation and showing its centrality to Scottish religious culture, it opens up a neglected area of religious culture and suggests why it has been neglected. The study of liturgical interpretation in Scotland shows that there was more continuity than has been allowed over the religious revolution of 1559–60. It argues that the way we speak about the Scottish Reformation is wrong and needs to be changed to include Catholic as well as Protestant Reform movements. It also looks forward to ways that the distinctive method developed in this book could be applied to other regions and periods.
Paul Gifford
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780190495732
- eISBN:
- 9780190618506
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190495732.003.0008
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
The increasing involvement of Catholicism in development has meant that many Catholics have turned to Pentecostalism to have their specifically “religious” needs met, but many Catholic bodies have ...
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The increasing involvement of Catholicism in development has meant that many Catholics have turned to Pentecostalism to have their specifically “religious” needs met, but many Catholic bodies have become Pentecostalized, exhibiting the enchanted religious imagination and the emphasis on victory outlined in the first few chapters. This chapter illustrates this Pentecostalizing phenomenon, by presenting examples of such “enchanted” Catholic bodies: the Ephphata Movement in Cameroon, a witch-finding parish in Zaire, the Uganda Martyrs Guild, the Marian Faith Healing Ministry in Tanzania, and Kenya’s Presidential Commission of Inquiry into Devil Worship. It also discusses the Catholic Charismatic Movement as exhibiting the same “Pentecostalizing” characteristics and serving similar needs.Less
The increasing involvement of Catholicism in development has meant that many Catholics have turned to Pentecostalism to have their specifically “religious” needs met, but many Catholic bodies have become Pentecostalized, exhibiting the enchanted religious imagination and the emphasis on victory outlined in the first few chapters. This chapter illustrates this Pentecostalizing phenomenon, by presenting examples of such “enchanted” Catholic bodies: the Ephphata Movement in Cameroon, a witch-finding parish in Zaire, the Uganda Martyrs Guild, the Marian Faith Healing Ministry in Tanzania, and Kenya’s Presidential Commission of Inquiry into Devil Worship. It also discusses the Catholic Charismatic Movement as exhibiting the same “Pentecostalizing” characteristics and serving similar needs.
