The Rev. Dr. Joseph A. Donnella II
Chaplain of the College
Adj Asst Prof- Religious Studies
Gettysburg College Box 427
Gettysburg, PA 17325
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The Liturgy and Culture Seminar probes both the cultural context of North American worship practices and the relationship of worship and culture in a variety of cultures outside of North America, drawing on works in liturgical theology, history, cultural theory, music and the arts, and several related disciplines.
FRIDAY JANUARY 6
10.30a Introductions
11.15a Discussion of Transforming our Days (Richard Gaillardetz, New York: Crossroad, 2000)
1.30p STEPHEN BURNS – Uniting Church in Australia’s Uniting in Worship 2
2.15p PAUL HUH – Korean Theology
3.30p SEBASTIAN MADATHUMMURIYIL – Liturgical Inculturation in India
4.15p TROY MESSENGER – Liturgy and the Street
4.15p HYUK SEONWOO – The Rhythm of ‘Loosen Empty-Push’: Liturgy in Pursuit of Christian Unity
SATURDAY JANUARY 7
9.00a RUTH MEYERS – Sent & Gathered
10.15a Church Tours
1.30p RICKY KLEE – The Eucharist and Liberation: Reconciliation between Gutierrez and Benedict XVI?
2.15p Updates, evaluations and planning for 2013
TBA
1. We will discuss two books which participants should read in advance:
2. We will also discuss papers by
Ruth Meyers on missional ecclesiology and liturgy,
Keith Pecklers on religious pluralism,
Mike Woods on the history of the periodical Altar and Home,
Jonghun Joo on liturgical theology for Presbyterian churches in Korea,
Clare Johnson on the intersection between geographic/environmental psychology and liturgical inculturation,
Ricky Manalo on the theological implications of the sociology of liturgy.
TBA
Number of participants: 12-15