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- Title: Liturgy and Stewardship (Essay)
- Author : Currents in Theology and Mission
- Release Date : January 01, 2009
- Genre: Politics & Current Events,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 248 KB
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Eucharistic Economy Attention to terminology gets us going in the right direction. While it's common currently to reach for the word "worship" to describe what Christians do when they assemble on Sundays, the word suffers from being one-sided in favor of humans as the originators of the event, and from its ambiguity over against the communal nature of Christian assembly. "Liturgy" fares better because liturgy in its root sense means work done for the good of the people. Although having said that, it remains unclear who is primarily doing what in this gathering to work. While it may not be practical for English users to borrow, the German word Gottesdienst (literally God's service) can mean either God's service to us or our service to God, and thus conveys the double movement that lies at the core of what worship means.