Eucharistic Sacramentality in an Ecumenical Context: The Anglican Epiclesis

by David J Kennedy, Jeff Astley, James A Beckford, Richard Brummer, Vincent Brümmer

Overview

This book explores the epiclesis or invocation of the Holy Spirit in the Eucharistic Prayer, using the Anglican tradition as an historical model of a communion of churches in conscious theological and liturgical dialogue with Christian antiquity.

Incorporating major studies of England, North America and the Indian sub-Continent, the author includes an exposition of Inter-Church ecumenical dialogue and the historic divisions between western and eastern Eucharistic traditions and twentieth-century ecumenical endeavour.

This unique study of the relationship between theology and liturgical text, commends a theology and spirituality which celebrates the presence of the Holy Spirit in the Eucharist as present and eschatological gift. It thus sets historic, contemporary and ecumenical divisions in a new theological context.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781409478058
Publisher:	Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	05/28/2013
Series:	Ashgate New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology and Biblical Studies
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	17 MB
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About the Author

David J. Kennedy is Vice-Dean and Precentor of Durham Cathedral and part-time lecturer in Liturgy in the Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University. He is a member of the Church of England Liturgical Commission and Chair of Praxis: Enriching Worship Today. Previously, he was tutor in Liturgy in the Queen's Foundation, Birmingham, and honorary Lecturer in Liturgy, Department of Theology, University of Birmingham.

Table of Contents

Contents: Introduction; The Reformation heritage; Scripture and tradition: post-Reformation exploration in the 16th and 17th centuries; Anglican diversification; Pan-Anglican reports and statements; Ecumenical exploration; The 1928 Prayerbook: 'Eastern' or 'Western' identity?; Liturgical renewal in England: 1945–2000; The Anglican Communion: case study 1: the Episcopal Church and the Anglican Church of Canada; The Anglican Communion: case study 2: the Churches of the Indian sub-continent; The Epiclesis: the spiritual dynamics of sacramentalism; Select bibliography; Index.