{"id":11786,"date":"2011-10-09T15:01:25","date_gmt":"2011-10-09T20:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=11786"},"modified":"2011-10-10T00:31:06","modified_gmt":"2011-10-10T05:31:06","slug":"liturgy-and-the-dangerous-presence-of-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2011\/10\/09\/liturgy-and-the-dangerous-presence-of-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Liturgy and the &#8220;dangerous&#8221; presence of God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the Yale Div School alumni e-magazine, a feature on <em>Pray Tell<\/em> contributor Teresa Berger: &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.yale.edu\/divinity\/notes\/111002\/berger.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Liturgy and the &#8216;Dangerous&#8217; Presence of God<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe basic drama always is: how on earth do people gather before the Divine Presence? 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