![]() ![]() The book opens with an exploration by Bishop Jeffrey Lee on the sometimes fraught history of prayer book revision in the Episcopal Church, aptly titled “Changing to Remain the Same.” A common thread throughout is the themes of restoration and recovery of rites and language from throughout Christian history. This book excels at setting the current revision process within the broader context of the history of Anglican worship. Though imperfect, In Spirit & Truth does just that. If we wish to uplift liturgical reform from the ground up, we ought to provide resources that are both detailed enough to address the myriad ways the Spirit is leading the church, while broad enough to speak to the average Episcopalian. ![]() As expressed in the introductory pages, “we hope that churches across the country will now use this book and its discussion questions to begin the long and important process of preparing for liturgical revision” (p.ix). Given that one of the underlying principles of A068 is to “engage worshiping communities in experimentation and the creation of alternative texts to offer to the wider church,” (2) this book is an offering to do precisely that. Through fifteen chapters on the various issues before the Church, this book provides an in-depth exegesis of the text of the resolution A068 and the varying issues facing modern liturgical revision. #Inspirit church seriesOne such response from the wider church came from the Anglican Colloquium of the North American Academy of Liturgy in the form of a series of essays compiled in the volume In Spirit & Truth: A Vision of Episcopal Worship. Its first task - and the task of the wider Church - was to figure out the depths and implications of this complex resolution. This action created the Task Force on Liturgical and Prayer Book Revision (TFLPBR, which just rolls off the tongue), to engage in this work. Instead, the House of Bishops opted to take the unwritten third option, passing a plan, in the great Anglican middle way, that would uphold the 1979 Book of Common Prayer as a liturgical standard while also continuing to walk the path for revised and expanded liturgical resources to better address the modern church.įrom this, resolution 2018-A068 became the framework for the way forward, at least until the next General Convention convenes this year in Baltimore. (1) And for a few days, the Church appeared to favor the first option, which was passed by the House of Deputies. #Inspirit church fullIn the leadup to the 2018 Episcopal Church General Convention, two possible proposals for how the church might proceed with revising the Book of Common Prayer were on the table: a full process of revision over the nine years to follow, or a gradual engagement with the existing 1979 Book of Common Prayer with an eye towards a greater understanding of its depths of theology. New York: Church Publishing Incorporated, 2020. Edited by Stephanie Budwey, Kevin Moroney, Sylvia Sweeney, and Samuel Torvend. In Spirit & Truth: A Vision of Episcopal Worship. ![]()
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