Liturgical Language
Convener
Jennifer Lord
Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary
100 East 27th Street
Austin, Texas 78705
jlord@austinseminary.edu
Mission Statement
The Liturgical Language Seminar will attend to issues of the language of worship by examining liturgical texts.
2010 Academy Meeting Agenda
The seminar group has invited Gil Ostdiek, O.F.M., to meet with us about his work on the International Commission on English in the Liturgy. In addition we will hear presentations by Robin Knowles Wallace, Kimberly Bracken Long, Jennifer Lord, and Gail Ramshaw.
2009 Academy Meeting Agenda
Saturday
1:30 - 2:30 Kimberly Bracken Long: "The Writers' Roundtable: An Experiment with Liturgical Language for the PCUSA"
2:30 - 3:30 David Gambrell: "So Far From My Words: Psalm 22 and the Language of Lament"
4:00 - 5:00 Gail Ramshaw: "A Postmodern Eucharistic Prayer"
5:00 - 5:45 Jennifer Lord: "The RCL and Images for Preaching"
Sunday
1:30 - 2:30 Discussion of Maxwell Johnson's "The Loss of a Common Language; The End of Ecumenical-Liturgical Convergence?"
2:30 - 3:30 Preparations for NAAL 2010
2008 Academy Meeting Agenda
Friday
11:15-12:00 Robin Knowles Wallace, “Defining the Leitmotifs of Music of the Heart”
1:45-2:30 Marit Rong, "God-language and God-identification in the Liturgy"
2:30-3:15 Barrie Bates, “Liturgically Enacted Public Theology: Can Liturgicam Authenticam Be Saved from the Time of Trial?”
4:00-4:45 Kimberly Long, "And My Mouth Shall Proclaim Your Praise," from a book tentatively titled The Worshiping Body.
4:45-5:30 Specific Liturgical Language Matters: David Gambrell, Report on the PCUSA language issues; others.
Saturday
10:45-12:00 Gail Ramshaw, "What is a symbol?," Chapter Two of Christian Worship: 100,000 Sundays of Symbols and Rituals
1:30-2:30, The Swedish liturgical group: Presentation on principles and issues that have surfaced in the work on the new Swedish worship book. (tentative)
2:30-3:15 Specific Liturgical Language Matters: Kimberly Long, Language of Confession and Forgiveness; others.
Number of participants: 10-12
Papers
The following papers are available online in PDF format.
"Metaphors and Models in the Main Service in the Church of Norway," Marit Rong, Jan 3-6, 2004.
"Praying on Trinity Sunday: A Discussion Paper Considering the Collect," Gail Ramshaw, 2004.
"Wording the Sanctus," Gail Ramshaw.
Previous Seminar Reports
See seminar reports from annual meetings dating back to 2003: