Overview
This book addresses controversial issues in contemporary church life using liturgical commentary, homiletical illustration, and theological reflection. Issues examined include: gender and sexuality, relation of lay and ordained ministries, the relation of biblical Israel and the modern state, the differences between the Hebrew Scriptures and the Old Testament, the need for careful expository preaching, and deference to tradition as well as openness to new ways. The focus here is on the Episcopal Church in America, yet the examples and pleadings have relevance to the wider Christian community.
Full Product Details
Author: Donald L. Berry
Publisher: University Press of America
Imprint: University Press of America
Dimensions:
Width: 15.40cm
, Height: 0.70cm
, Length: 23.30cm
Weight: 0.150kg
ISBN: 9780761844181
ISBN 10: 076184418
Pages: 100
Publication Date: 16 May 2009
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
I had the privilege of hearing Dr. Berry preach during an interim ministry period at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Chittenango, NY. As I began reading the typescript of his Holy Words and Holy Orders I found the precision and careful use of language in his opening essays that I had heard in his sermons. It is that care and precision, that skill with words, that make accessible Father Berry's creativity and intellect. -- Reverend Charles Grover, Sometime Archdeacon of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York A wide-ranging collection of penetrating commentaries on matters of the priesthood and the accuracy of the use of biblical interpretation in liturgical practice. -- Milton H. Coleman, Ecumenical Officer of the Episcopal Diocese of Central New York and Parish Liturgist and former Warden of St. David's Church, De
I had the privilege of hearing Dr. Berry preach during an interim ministry period at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Chittenango, NY. As I began reading the typescript of his Holy Words and Holy Orders I found the precision and careful use of language in his opening essays that I had heard in his sermons. It is that care and precision, that skill with words, that make accessible Father Berry's creativity and intellect.--Reverend Charles Grover
I had the privilege of hearing Dr. Berry preach during an interim ministry period at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Chittenango, NY. As I began reading the typescript of his Holy Words and Holy Orders I found the precision and careful use of language in his opening essays that I had heard in his sermons. It is that care and precision, that skill with words, that make accessible Father Berry's creativity and intellect. -- Reverend Charles Grover A wide-ranging collection of penetrating commentaries on matters of the priesthood and the accuracy of the use of biblical interpretation in liturgical practice. -- Milton H. Coleman
Author Information
Donald L. Berry is the Harry Emerson Fosdick Professor of Philosophy and Religion Emeritus at Colgate University. He is an Episcopal priest in the Diocese of Central New York and was the Rector of St. George's Church of Chadwicks, NY, from 1976-1990. He is the author of Mutuality: The Vision of Martin Buber, Traveler's Advisory, and Through a Glass Darkly: The Ambiguity of the Christian Tradition.
