Christopher Irvine

The Use of Symbols in Worship

In our post-modern, technological and visual age, there seems to be a new fascination with symbols. And in such an age as this, it is not enough just to understand and use the written liturgy, whether old or new, like Common Worship. In worship and in our pastoral rites, the preoccupation with texts has to be balanced with the vital liturgical language of symbols. Never before has there been such scope for the use of symbols as can be found in the family of Common Worship services. Not simply visual aids, liturgical symbols are suggestive and evocative; they belong to a whole matrix of imagery in Scripture and in the prayer texts that accompa… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-281-05852-5
EAN: 9780281058525
Produktnummer: 3344107
Verlag: SPCK Publishing
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Seitenangabe: 130 S.
Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D0.7 cm 174 g
Abbildungen: Paperback
Gewicht: 174

Über den Autor

Christopher Irvine is Canon Librarian and Director of Education at Canterbury Cathedral. He has written and lectured on art and theology, and has a particular interest in the place of art in worship. He teaches on the Liturgy MA programmes at the Mirfield Liturgical Institute and Sarum College. He is a member of the Church of England's Liturgical Commission, a trustee of Art and Christianity Enquiry, and Vice Chair of the Alcuin Club.