THL518 Studies in Liturgy and Worship (16)

CSU Discipline Area: Theology (THEOL)

Duration: One session

Abstract:

This subject provides students with the opportunity to engage with contemporary scholarship on the interrelationship of worship and theology, developed through an appreciation of worship as 'primary theology'. Necessarily this involves an in-depth understanding of the range of liturgical sources including prayers, lectionaries, rites, rubrics, music and performance, art and architecture, along with the development of skills in analysing their content, influence and contribution to theology.

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Session 2
Internal	Canberra
Internal	United Theological College
Distance	United Theological College

Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: THL518

Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.

Enrolment restrictions:

Master of Theology students only

Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:

be able to evaluate critically current scholarship in liturgical theology;

be able to demonstrate an appreciateion of the place of culture in worship;

be able to demonstrate an in-depth understanding of the complexity involved in the translation of liturgical texts and the use of those texts;

be able to demonstrate an in-depth theological understanding of the interrelationship between liturgy and doctrine;

be able to identify and critically evaluate a range of liturgical texts, e.g., prayers, lectionaries, rites, rubrics, music, liturgical space, art and performance; and

be able to develop appropriate tools and methods for the critical analysis of liturgical texts and performance.

Syllabus:

The subject will cover the following topics:

Liturgical Theology

Key contemporary writers in liturgical theology
Liturgy and culture
The origin, intent and multiple applications of the phrase lex orandi lex credendi (i.e. as we worship, so we live!)

Liturgical Sources

Hermeneutical approaches to liturgical texts: prayers, lectionaries, rites, rubrics, music and performance, art and architecture
The history of liturgical texts and current critical editions
Analyzing liturgical performance
The dynamics of translation of liturgical texts

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