„Kommunikation des Evangeliums“. Die verantwortliche Gestaltung des Gottesdienstes nach Ernst Lange
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Hans Martin Dober
Abstract
The beholder of contemporary Christian worship can discern two extremes. On the one hand, one can observe tendencies to conform worship to this age (Romans 12. 2), minimizing the difference between worship and everyday experience. On the other hand, strong voices can be heard urging that the church remember the distinctiveness of worship. Recalling Ernst Lange’s effort for a practical theory of Christian worship, one can argue that worship be focused on its central responsibility to “communicate the good news.” This does not mean to bring liturgy under the “tyranny of ethics” (J. Smend), if the challenge of appropriate formation [Gestaltung] is conceived as a work [Werk] without compensation (Emmanuel Lévinas). The measure of worship will, rather, be found in the antique rhetoric criterion of appropriation (aptum). Finally, those who are responsible for forming worship will also participate in it as feast and celebration [Fest und Feier].
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- Editorial
- Practical Theology as Theology of Religion. Schleiermacher’s Understanding of Practical Theology as a Discipline
- Schleiermacher’s Affekt Theology
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- Zur „Sache“ bitte! Fug und Unfug der „seelsorglichen“ Predigt
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- From Data to Theory: Elements of Methodology in Empirical Phenomenological Research in Practical Theology
- The Impact of an African Spirituality and Cosmology on God-Images in Africa: A Challenge to Practical Theology and Pastoral Ministry
- Reviews
- Contributors to this Issue
- Contents of Volume 9
