Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments Gláucia Vasconcelos Wilkey xi
Contributors xxiii
Introduction
Historical Context
From the Past to the Future: The LWF Study Series on Worship and Culture as Vision and Mission Norman A. Hjelm 3
Theological Context
Every Foreign Country a Homeland, Every Homeland a Foreign Country: On Worship and Culture Gordon W. Lathrop 10
Part I Worship and Culture in Dialogue
The Cartigny Statement on Worship and Culture: Biblical and Historical Foundations: Lutheran World Federation, 1993 29
Christian Worship: Toward Localization and Globalization S. Anita Stauffer 35
What, Then, Do Theologians Mean When They Say "Culture"? Benjamin M. Stewart 43
Vatican II and the LWT Project: Points of Convergence Margaret Mary Kelleher, OSU 52
Reenvisioning "Liturgy and the Components of Culture" Anscar J. Chupungco, OSB 68
Context, Margins, and Ministry: A Church in the Pacific Northwest's "None Zone" Scott Anderson 84
Dynamics of World Musics: A Methodology for Evaluation Mark P. Bangert 107
The Last Word? Dynamics of World Musics Twenty Years Later Mark P. Bangert 124
Part II Christian Worship: Unity in Cultural Diversity
The Nairobi Statement on Worship and Culture: Lutheran World Federation 1996 137
A Fragile Future for the Ordo? Stephen Burns 143
Worship: Translating the Untranslatable Dirk G. Lange 162
Inculturation: God's Mission and the Crucian "Old Year's Night" Liturgy Joseph A. Donnella II 182
Worship: Ecumenical Core and Cultural Context S. Anita Stauffer 200
Christian Unity and Christian Diversity, Lessons from Liturgical Renewal: The Case of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Thomas F. Best 214
Worship with a Brazilian Face: Dialogue between Culture and Worship as a Way of Caring for and Transforming Life Julio Cézar Adam 239
Methods of Liturgical Inculturation Anscar J. Chupungco, OSB 262
Inculturation of Worship: Forty Years of Progress and Tradition Anscar J. Chupungco, OSB 276
A Response and a Tribute to Anscar Chupungco Gordon W. Lathrop 287
Part III Baptism, Rites of Passage, and Culture
The Chicago Statement on Worship and Culture: Lutheran World Federation, 1998 293
A Faith and Order Saga: Towards One Baptism: Towards Mutual Recognition Thomas F. Best 302 302
Of Frogs, Eels, Women, and Pelicans; The Myth of Tiddalik and the Importance of Ambiguity in Baptismal Identity for the Contemporary Christian Church Anita Monro 320
A Thanksgiving over the Font, a Thanksgiving at the Table Gail Ramshaw 335
Life Passages Occasional Services, and Cultural Patterns: Necessary Tensions Melinda A. Quivik 342
These Living Waters: Common Agreement on Mutual Recognition of Baptism by the Roman Catholic and Reformed Churches in Dialogue 367
Two Reflections On The Roman Catholic-Reformed Church Dialogue
The One Wounded, Baptized Body: A Memoir of Participation in the U.S. Reformed-Roman Catholic Dialogue (2003-2010) Martha Moore-Keish 369
An Eyewitness to the Seventh Round of the Roman Catholic-Reformed Churches' National Ecumenical Dialogue on Baptism and Eucharist Joyce Ann Zimmerman, CPPS 374
Reenvisioning "The Shape of the Liturgy: A Framework for Contextualization" Gordon W. Lathrop 379
Susurrations Where Life Unites Gláucia Vasconcelos Wilkey 387
Appendix: Participants in the Original LWF Project 405
A Selected Bibliography on Worship, Culture, and the Unity of the Church 410
Index 425
