Winter 2008/Pasadena
ST878A/578
Johnson

ST878A/B/ST578: THE SHAPE OF LITURGICAL THEOLOGY. Todd E. Johnson.


DESCRIPTION: This doctoral seminar (for which students at the 800 level will register Winter and Spring, ST878A and ST878B) is open to a limited number of master's level students by special permission (ST578). The phrase Lex Orandi/Lex Credendi, attributed to the fifth century monk Prosper of Aquitaine, has both described and defined the task of liturgical theology. This task is to define the relationship between the Law of Prayer (Lex Orandi) and the Law of Belief (Lex Credendi). This seminar will survey the history of this relationship and the contemporary expressions within the Christian churches today.

RELEVANCE FOR MINISTRY: Lex Orandi/Lex Credendi is the central pastoral issue for liturgy. How you worship will define what you believe. So too, what you believe should inform how you worship. The congruence between our belief and our worship is a central pastoral concern. This analysis leads to a corollary issue: the relationship between corporate prayer (liturgy) and private prayer (spirituality). It also defines the relationship between liturgy and life in areas such as justice, evangelism, ecclesiology, and eschatology.

COURSE FORMAT: The seminar will meet weekly for three-hour sessions. It will have some lectures by the professor, but will be mostly seminar presentations and discussions.

RECOMMENDED RESOURCE MATERIAL:

Course Reader.

Ellis, Christopher. Gathering: A Theology and Spirituality of Worship in the Free Church Tradition. London: SCM Press, 2004.

Irwin, Kevin. Liturgical Theology: A Primer. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1990.

Maximus the Confessor. Mystagogy. PG 91: 657-717. ET: The Church, Liturgy, and the Soul of Man. Still River: St. Bede's Publications, 1982.

Muir, Edward. Ritual in Early Modern Europe. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997.

Schmemann, Alexander. Introduction to Liturgical Theology. Crestwood, NY: SVS Press, 1986.

Senn, Frank. New Creation: A Liturgical Worldview. Minneapolis: Fortress, 2000.

Vogel, D., ed. Primary Sources of Liturgical Theology: A Reader. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 2000.

Zimmerman, Joyce A. Liturgy and Hermeneutics. Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1999.

RECOMMENDED READING:
Casel, Odo. The Mystery of Christian Worship. Westminster, MD: Newman Press, 1962.

Kavanagh, Aidan. On Liturgical Theology. New York: Pueblo Pub. Co., 1984.

Kilmartin, Edward. Christian Liturgy: Theology and Practice. I: Systematic Theology of Liturgy. Kansas City, MO: Sheed & Ward, 1988.

Lathrop, Gordon. Holy Things. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1993.

Saliers, Donald. Worship as Theology: Foretaste of Glory Divine. Nashville: Abingdon, 1994.

Underhill, Evelyn. Worship. New York: Harper, 1957.

Wainwright, Geoffrey. Doxology: The Praise of God in Worship, Doctrine, and Life; A Systematic Theology. New York: Oxford University Press, 1980.

ASSIGNMENTS: (1) Completion of assigned readings, participation in our class discussions and attendance (ST878A/578). (2) Two oral presentation to the class on a specific liturgical theologian and their theological perspective (ST878A/578). (3) A paper in which the student defines his/her liturgical theology in relationship to his/her ecclesial tradition and two liturgical theologians (ST878B/578). The third assignment will be adjusted in both scope and length for master's level students. Master's students will be required to submit this paper this quarter. Doctoral students will be required to submit this paper in fulfillment of ST878B.

PREREQUISITES: For master's level students: permission of the instructor.

RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM: MDiv elective; required for certain doctoral programs.

FINAL EXAMINATION: None.

This ECD is a reliable guide to the course design but is subject to modification. (10/07)