The experience of Covid-19’s lockdowns, especially living through a period without the Eucharist on Sunday lays behind this theological reflection from the perspective of a Scottish Episcopalian about so-called online Eucharists with remote consecrations. The question I set is simple: ‘Can the elements of bread and wine be consecrated outwith the gathered community?’ Simple too is my answer: ‘No, they cannot.’ The pandemic has tested the fault lines of God’s presence in our worship, our presence in community and those presences in the Eucharist. I argue that God’s presence with us was unchanged by lockdown. I also argue that although many of us began to use ‘onsite’, ‘online’ and a variety of related terms in unprecedented ways vis-à-vis liturgies, our presence to one another was changed during lockdown. When we could not gather as a community, even if we were able to communicate via the internet, we could neither celebrate the Eucharist nor consecrate the elements. Theological reflection will, I hope, hone our appreciation of the significance of our humanity, the Incarnation, and the Body and Blood of Christ in the sacramental economy.
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When COVID-19 lockdown restrictions were eased in the UK in June 2020, one of the first measures to be introduced was to allow places of worship to open for private individual prayer. This poem reflects on the experience of visiting a church building for the first time following this re-opening, albeit with social distancing and other safety measures in place.
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Review ofSamuel Hildebrandt, Kurtis R. Peters, and Eric N. Ortlund, eds., From Words to Meaning: Studies on Old Testament Language and Theology for David J. Reimer (Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix, 2021), pp. xix + 184, ISBN: 978-1914490064
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This paper discusses Jack Halberstam’s September 2022 Gifford Lecture, “Unworlding: An Aesthetics of Collapse”, given at the University of Glasgow on 15 September 2022.
本文讨论了Jack Halberstam于2022年9月在格拉斯哥大学举行的吉福德讲座“Unworlding: An Aesthetics of Collapse”。
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Review of Brian Brock, Disability: Living into the Diversity of Christ’s Body (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2021), pp. xxii + 180, ISBN 978-1540962973
{"title":"\"Disability: Living into the Diversity of Christ’s Body\" by Brian Brock","authors":"L. Waldron","doi":"10.15664/tis.v29i2.2527","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15664/tis.v29i2.2527","url":null,"abstract":"Review of Brian Brock, Disability: Living into the Diversity of Christ’s Body (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2021), pp. xxii + 180, ISBN 978-1540962973","PeriodicalId":257449,"journal":{"name":"Theology in Scotland","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133086603","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Church sanctuaries are a vital asset in the work of the Church of Scotland, helping to initiate and sustain faith. A sanctuary helps define a congregation’s self-understanding and the features of a church building have a pedagogic function. Church buildings are significant too, in the spiritual life of the wider community. They are the material instantiation of the Kirk’s commitment to be present in each locality, providing a focal point for the expression of spiritual needs and the offering of care. They also testify to God’s presence in a location and to values that transcend those of everyday life.
{"title":"The place of buildings in the mission of the Church of Scotland: The need for a theology of the built environment","authors":"Adam Hood","doi":"10.15664/tis.v29i2.2522","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15664/tis.v29i2.2522","url":null,"abstract":"Church sanctuaries are a vital asset in the work of the Church of Scotland, helping to initiate and sustain faith. A sanctuary helps define a congregation’s self-understanding and the features of a church building have a pedagogic function. Church buildings are significant too, in the spiritual life of the wider community. They are the material instantiation of the Kirk’s commitment to be present in each locality, providing a focal point for the expression of spiritual needs and the offering of care. They also testify to God’s presence in a location and to values that transcend those of everyday life.","PeriodicalId":257449,"journal":{"name":"Theology in Scotland","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130761426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This article considers references to the ‘Word of God’ and ‘fundamental doctrines’ in the Formula and questions used in ordaining ministers, elders and deacons, and in setting apart readers. History and research suggest that ‘contained in’ has different meanings in two of the questions, and ‘fundamental doctrines’ means some but not all of the Westminster Confession of Faith doctrines, together with some doctrines on which that Confession is silent. A 1935 statement helps clarify what doctrines are ‘fundamental’, as do a 1992 statement, and the first 1926 Article Declaratory. The little-known 1935 statement is included as an Appendix.Note: This paper was not part of the original conference and does not necessarily reflect the views of the Theological Forum.
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Review ofHannah Strømmen and Ulrich Schmiedel, The Claim to Christianity: Responding to the Far Right (London: SCM, 2020), pp. 192, ISBN 978-0334059233. £19.99
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Review of David Alan Black and Benjamin L. Merkle, eds., Linguistics and New Testament Greek: Key Issues in the Current Debate (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2020), xi + 276pp, ISBN 978-1540961068. £21.99
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Review of Darrin W. Snyder Belousek, Marriage, Scripture, and the Church: Theological Discernment on the Question of Same-Sex Union (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2021), pp. xxi + 330, ISBN 978-1540961839. £21.99
回顾达林W.斯奈德贝鲁塞克，婚姻，圣经和教会:对同性联盟问题的神学辨析(大急流城，密歇根州:贝克，2021)，pp. xxi + 330, ISBN 978-1540961839。£21.99
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