Summary of the Pentecost 2022 issue of Doxology.
Founded in 1984, Doxology: a journal of worship and the sacramental life is a quarterly, peer-reviewed journal of liturgical scholarship bridging academic and church communities. It is published by the Order of Saint Luke, a dispersed ecumenical religious order founded by Methodists. The Order currently includes United Methodists, Lutherans, Episcopalians, Baptists, members of Holiness movement churches, and many others. Doxology publishes work by established and emerging liturgical scholars to address historical, theological, and cultural questions about Christian worship and the sacramental life.
ARTICLES
Eucharist as a Sacrament of Initiation
Lizette Larson Miller
The relationship between Baptism, Eucharist, and the Church has been a topic of polite discussion among some Christians for decades and an increasingly heated argument within particular churches in recent years. Part of the ecumenical conversation has been prompted by the COVID pandemic and the inability of the body of Christ to meet together in one place to celebrate the Eucharist. Another reason for the argument, however, has been the tension within particular ecclesial communities over a particular view of equality in which no distinctions between people are to be made, often translating to ‘all should be welcomed to communion regardless of baptismal status.’ This article takes a particular look at this question through the lens of a much-discussed canon of The Episcopal Church in the United States, identifying and wrestling with the key questions which have caused some in the Anglican communion to want to remove Baptism as an essential prerequisite to Eucharist in the Church.
Livestreams are Worship but not Worship Services
Benjamin Fong, OSL
COVID-19 has forced churches to rethink their rhythms of worship, in particular with regard to worship services. The development of technology has given rise to the use of livestreams as a means for enabling Christians to worship. Is livestreaming worship a valid alternative to worshipping in-person at a worship service? This essay argues that it cannot, but also advocates retaining livestreamed worship as a means to enrich the worship life of the church.
Throwback Theology Column: “Christ’s Real Body Not in the Eucharist”
John Wyclif
Introduction by Rebecca Torres-Holland, OSL
Introduction: John Wyclif was born c.1324 in England and is often called the “Morning Star of the Reformation.” Despite being condemned as a heretic, Wyclif’s theological teachings left a great impact on what would eventually become the Protestant movement. This column has been excerpted from a piece entitled, “Christ’s Real Body Not in the Eucharist,” from the book The World’s Greatest Sermons, Volume I: Basil to Calvin edited by Grenville Kleiser. This content is within the public domain.
LITURGICAL MATERIAL AND MISCELLANY
Poem: “The Aftermath of Lazlo”
Tristan Cooley
Poem: “The Palmer’s Tale”
Susan Delaney Spear
Hymn: “Flames of Glory”
Text: Steven Garner, 2020.
Tune: PLEADING SAVIOR.
REVIEWS
Carl Peterson reviews Eating Together, Becoming One: Taking Up Pope Francis’s Call to Theologians by Thomas O’Loughlin.
Sarah Mount Elewononi, OSL, reviews A History of Contemporary Praise and Worship Understanding the Ideas That Reshaped the Protestant Church by Lester Ruth and Lim Swee Hong.
Heather Josselyn-Cranson, OSL, reviews The Innocents.
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