Awards

• Commended for Reference Book Top 5 List 2022
• Winner of Reference Book Top 5 List 2022

Overview

So often, it seems, liturgical themes and Christological emphases get set aside when special topics such as “Earth Sunday” arise in congregational worship. This book will suggest that the Christologically constructed liturgical year provides a meaningful framework for ecologically oriented worship. This book will maintain the Christocentric emphasis of these liturgical seasons, but will provide an ecological perspective on these seasons, on Christian worship, and indeed on Christ.

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9781538121986

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"There are many devotional books and myriad scholarly tomes with creation themes. Joseph Bush is doing the hard and too often overlooked work of writing to the middle of these extremes. There is much here for the working pastor and parish priest, for the one whose responsibilities include shaping corporate worship and crafting sermons for a specific congregation week after week. Yet this material is not beyond the grasp of lay folk who want more than can reasonably be given in an hour on Sunday morning. Would that more people took this middle position seriously and ""translated"" their scholarly findings so that the wealth of their scholarship could be not only enjoyed but lived out by a much wider proportion of the faithful. --Rebecca Abts Wright, C. K. Benedict Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Hebrew, The School of Theology, The University of the South With a strong theological grounding, Worshipping in Season provides an attentive and utilitarian approach to incorporating ecological concern into the heart of corporate Christian practice. Bush's application of core concerns for creation alongside a rich examination of the breadth of Christian theological witness provides for an imaginative practical theology for liturgical observances in any Christian worshipping community. I am excited to recommend this text to any pastor or religious leader looking for renewed thinking about liturgy. --Asa J. Lee, president and professor of Theological Formation, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary"

"There are many devotional books and myriad scholarly tomes with creation themes. Joseph Bush is doing the hard and too often overlooked work of writing to the middle of these extremes. There is much here for the working pastor and parish priest, for the one whose responsibilities include shaping corporate worship and crafting sermons for a specific congregation week after week. Yet this material is not beyond the grasp of lay folk who want more than can reasonably be given in an hour on Sunday morning. Would that more people took this middle position seriously and ""translated"" their scholarly findings so that the wealth of their scholarship could be not only enjoyed but lived out by a much wider proportion of the faithful.--Rebecca Abts Wright, C. K. Benedict Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Hebrew, The School of Theology, The University of the South With a strong theological grounding, Worshipping in Season provides an attentive and utilitarian approach to incorporating ecological concern into the heart of corporate Christian practice. Bush's application of core concerns for creation alongside a rich examination of the breadth of Christian theological witness provides for an imaginative practical theology for liturgical observances in any Christian worshipping community. I am excited to recommend this text to any pastor or religious leader looking for renewed thinking about liturgy.--Asa J. Lee, president and professor of Theological Formation, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary"

There are many devotional books and myriad scholarly tomes with creation themes. Joseph Bush is doing the hard and too often overlooked work of writing to the middle of these extremes. There is much here for the working pastor and parish priest, for the one whose responsibilities include shaping corporate worship and crafting sermons for a specific congregation week after week. Yet this material is not beyond the grasp of lay folk who want more than can reasonably be given in an hour on Sunday morning. Would that more people took this middle position seriously and translated their scholarly findings so that the wealth of their scholarship could be not only enjoyed but lived out by a much wider proportion of the faithful.--Rebecca Abts Wright, C. K. Benedict Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Hebrew, The School of Theology, The University of the South With a strong theological grounding, Worshipping in Season provides an attentive and utilitarian approach to incorporating ecological concern into the heart of corporate Christian practice. Bush's application of core concerns for creation alongside a rich examination of the breadth of Christian theological witness provides for an imaginative practical theology for liturgical observances in any Christian worshipping community. I am excited to recommend this text to any pastor or religious leader looking for renewed thinking about liturgy.--Asa J. Lee, president and professor of Theological Formation, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary

"With a strong theological grounding, Worshipping in Season provides an attentive and utilitarian approach to incorporating ecological concern into the heart of corporate Christian practice. Bush's application of core concerns for creation alongside a rich examination of the breadth of Christian theological witness provides for an imaginative practical theology for liturgical observances in any Christian worshipping community. I am excited to recommend this text to any pastor or religious leader looking for renewed thinking about liturgy. There are many devotional books and myriad scholarly tomes with creation themes. Joseph Bush is doing the hard and too often overlooked work of writing to the middle of these extremes. There is much here for the working pastor and parish priest, for the one whose responsibilities include shaping corporate worship and crafting sermons for a specific congregation week after week. Yet this material is not beyond the grasp of lay folk who want more than can reasonably be given in an hour on Sunday morning. Would that more people took this middle position seriously and ""translated"" their scholarly findings so that the wealth of their scholarship could be not only enjoyed but lived out by a much wider proportion of the faithful."

Author Information

Joseph E. Bush Jr. is currently the director of Practice in Ministry and Mission at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, DC. He is also the coordinator for the Washington Theological Consortium’s Certificate in Ecology and Theology. His work in this area has informed his teaching at Wesley and his engagements in wider professional association. Previously, he was associate professor of Life and Leadership of the Congregation at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities.

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