Ambassadors for God

Envisioning Reconciliation Rites for the 21st Century; Liturgical Studies 5

Jennifer Phillips

• Publisher: Church Publishing
• Year: 2010
• Print ISBN:
  9780898696547
• eBook ISBN:
  9780898698480
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Denominations

In 2006, the General Convention of the Episcopal Church called upon the Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music to develop and revise Reconciliation Rites for the new century. Before the task of drafting liturgical materials for new rites begins, the Commission felt it would be helpful to gather wisdom from the wider Church. This volume is a beginning for this new work in progress. The editor asked a variety of people (lay and ordained and bishops, religious, academics, penitents, developers of new models, people in institutional ministries, people from various cultural and church backgrounds) to address questions, including:

- In the current rites and practices of reconciliation, what works and what doesn't?
- What's missing?
- How have the needs for such rites changed?
- What new sorts of rites might we need?
- What sort of rites might serve churches in their ethnic diversity?

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction
• 1. Under the Mercy: Liturgical Patterns of Reconciliation through the Centuries
• 2. The Reconciliation of a Penitent: Some Historical and Practical Considerations
• 3. Historical Reflections on Aural Confession and the Rites of Reconciliation
• 4. Personal, Intimate, Authentic, Incarnate: A Theology of Reconciliation
• 5. “From Lightning and Tempest; From Earthquake, Fire, and Flood”: Environmental Sin and Reconciliation in the Book of Common Prayer (1979)
• 6. On Becoming a Confessor
• 7. Returning to Community: Confession from a Consumer’s Point of View
• 8. Everything True and Beautiful Is Always Full of Forgiveness
• 9. Creating an Ecology of Reconciliation: Marshaling Contemplative Resources for Rites of Reconciliation
• 10. Voices of Anguish: Listening to Victims of Violence
• 11. Bishop Roskam’s Apology to Africa
• 12. Am I My Brother’s Keeper?
• 13. Seeds of Repentance
• 14. What Is the Problem?
• 15. Talking Back to God in the 21st Century: A Liturgy in Commemoration of the Events of September 11, 2001, and Commentary
• 16. Reconciliation Experiences as an E-Mass Musician: A Short Meditation
• 17. “I Ain’t Got No Hope”: HipHopEMass Reconciliation— Reflections and Rites
• 18. A Form for Thanksgiving and Confession and a Form for Conversation and Confession
• 19. Prayers for Penitents and Confessors and Rites for Reconciliation of Penitents and Communities
• Editor’s Endnote
• About the Authors