Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Liturgy
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Liturgy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Liturgy Throughout the Ages
- Part II The Celebration of the Liturgy
- Part III Liturgy and the Arts
- Part IV Liturgy and the Life of the Churches
- 14 Liturgy, the Body, and the Senses
- 15 Liturgy, Spirituality, and Piety
- 16 Liturgy and Pastoral Ministry
- 17 Liturgy and the Proclamation of the Word
- 18 Liturgy and Ecumenism
- 19 Liturgy and the Religions of the World
- Part V The Study of Liturgy
- Bibliography
- Names Index
- Concepts and Places Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion ()
- References
17 - Liturgy and the Proclamation of the Word
from Part IV - Liturgy and the Life of the Churches
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 September 2025
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Liturgy
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Liturgy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Liturgy Throughout the Ages
- Part II The Celebration of the Liturgy
- Part III Liturgy and the Arts
- Part IV Liturgy and the Life of the Churches
- 14 Liturgy, the Body, and the Senses
- 15 Liturgy, Spirituality, and Piety
- 16 Liturgy and Pastoral Ministry
- 17 Liturgy and the Proclamation of the Word
- 18 Liturgy and Ecumenism
- 19 Liturgy and the Religions of the World
- Part V The Study of Liturgy
- Bibliography
- Names Index
- Concepts and Places Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion ()
- References
Summary
Cas Wepener argues that there is a closer connection between liturgics and homiletics than one usually assumes. The proclamation of the Word has always been a crucial part of the Church’s liturgical services, but, maybe more significantly, it continues to co-shape the contexts in which its relevance can be shown and lived.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Liturgy , pp. 299 - 316Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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For Further Reading
Allmen, Jean-Jacques von, Preaching and Congregation, Ecumenical Studies in Worship 10, trans. Nicholas, B. L. (Louisville, KY: John Knox Press, 1962).Google Scholar
Barnard, Marcel, Cilliers, Johan, and Wepener, Cas, Worship in a Network Culture: Liturgical Ritual Studies. Fields and Methods, Concepts and Metaphors, Liturgia Condenda 28 (Leuven: Peeters, 2014).Google Scholar
Brueggeman, Walter, The Prophetic Imagination, 40th anniversary ed. (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2013).Google Scholar
Carvalhaes, Claudio, Praying with Every Heart: Orienting Our Lives to the Wholeness of the World (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2021).Google Scholar
Pui-lan, Kwok, “Postcolonial Preaching in Intercultural Contexts,” Homiletic 40 (2015): 8–21.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Travis, Sarah, Decolonizing Preaching: The Pulpit as Postcolonial Space (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2014).Google Scholar
White, James F., Introduction to Christian Worship (Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2000).Google Scholar
Wilson, Paul Scott et al., The New Interpreter’s Handbook of Preaching (Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2008).Google Scholar
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