1. Enchantment or Entertainment? The Challenge and Potential of the
Contemporary Liturgical Culture
2. Temple or Home, Table or Altar, Supper or Sacrifice? Tradition
in Transition
3. Speech and Silence: The Possibilities of Limits of Language
4. Hearts and Hands and Voices: When Words are Never Enough
5. Poetic Space: Inhabiting the Liturgical Environment
6. Practising the Scales of Rejoicing: Shaping a Liturgical and
Presidential Instinct
Simon Reynolds is a parish priest in Farnham in Surrey.
Table Manners offers a unique contribution to liturgical theory of
practice. Simon begins with historical origins and tradition and
then moves us on to the present day. He shows how words, symbols
and actions, combined with a poetic understanding of the liturgy,
can lead us and all with whom we work and pray into the heart of
God. His subtle understanding of gestures and the use of silence,
and his perceptive comments on the use of liturgical space, make
this book indispensable for all who preside at the eucharist.
*Stephen Platten*
Table Manners challenges us to attend more seriously and
imaginatively to the quality of worship. In issuing the challenge,
Simon Reynolds asks questions that cover the spectrum of
theological viewpoint and social context. Our response should be
carefully considered, if we are to be serious about the
authenticity of our witness and mission, and our individual life in
Christ.
Reynolds has a passion for the elements that any liturgy draws
upon; words, music, movement, relationship, participation,
environment. As a persistent asker of questions, Simon Reynolds
prompts us into the recognition of ordinary human experience as the
vehicle of revelation.
Here are questions that should should regularly be on the agenda of
every institution training people for ordained and lay ministry,
every PCC and diocesan Synod.
*Martin Warner*
This is a fascinating, lucid, passionately argued exploration of
why our church worship is so poorly done. Should be compulsory for
all who lead worship and all who complain about it.
*Angela Tilby*
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