Holy Ground
Cathedrals in the twenty-first century
Published on 1. October 2017
198 pages
978-1-910519-75-2 (ISBN)
Description
Cathedrals today face a paradox: on the one hand they represent one of the biggest success stories and mission opportunities of the present-day church; on the other they face seemingly insurmountable financial difficulties, and are largely left by the church and government to fend for themselves.Many-both within and outside the church-argue that cathedrals are an irrelevance. But cathedrals are one area of the church's life where increasingly the unchurched and the half-believer encounter God, and where the institutions of our society instinctively engage with the Christian gospel, making them truly missional in their occupation of a spiritually liminal space.Holy Ground digs deep into the life of England's cathedrals, and discusses such diverse topics as finance, growth, heritage, liturgy, development, music and art.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Durham
United Kingdom
File size
0,52 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-910519-75-2 (9781910519752)
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Content
- Intro
- Foreword (Frank Field)
- Acknowledgements
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Notes
- 1. Cathedrals-What's the Point?
- Cathedrals and Place
- Cathedrals as Organic
- Place, Worship, and the Opus Dei
- Saints, Pilgrimage, and Place
- Public Theology and Public Prayer
- Theological Origins
- Notes
- 2. The Cathedral and Rooted Growth
- Cathedrals and Growth
- The Theology of the Cathedral: Unity of Church and Community
- The Cathedral and the Modern Self
- Conclusion
- Notes
- 3. Encouraging Excellence
- Historic Background
- Birth of the Cathedrals Fabric Commission for England
- Increased External Funding
- Retaining a Balance
- Conclusion
- Notes
- 4. History, Heritage, and Taking Time
- Cathedral Histories
- Revolutions in History?
- The Seventeenth Century
- Heritage or History?
- Cathedral Developments
- Notes
- 5. Cathedral-Shaped Worship
- A Cathedral Shape?
- Origins of the Liturgical Community
- The Monastic Pattern
- Old Foundations and Newer Cathedrals
- Diversity in Unity
- Liturgies for the Church
- Stakeholder Liturgies
- Buildings Shaping Liturgy
- Cathedrals as Sacramental
- Sacramental Shapes
- Shaping Theology
- Liturgical Plans
- Notes
- 6. Furnishings
- Transcendent Space
- History and Development
- Liturgy, Mystery, Furnishing
- A Worked Example
- Integrity and Design
- Notes
- 7. Sostenuto con brio
- Cathedral Music-For Whom?
- Musical Genres
- Scope of Cathedral Music
- Is Cathedral Music Sustainable?
- Professional Development
- The Future
- Notes
- 8. Cathedrals at Prayer
- The Nature of Prayer
- The Cathedral as the Bishop's Church
- The Mediaeval Cathedral: Monastic and Collegiate Foundations
- The Post-Reformation Cathedral
- The Cathedral Community
- The Cathedral as Shrine
- A Global Congregation
- "Teach us to Pray"
- Conclusion
- Notes
- 9. Focuses of Prophecy?
- Introduction
- Cathedrals-a Contemporary Anomaly
- But How are Cathedrals Unique?
- Mission and Scope
- Brand
- Cathedrals as the Place of Formation
- Cathedrals and Social Outreach Programmes
- Conclusion
- Notes
- 10. The Place of Art in Cathedrals
- Cathedral or Gallery?
- Seeing in Context
- The Art of Worship
- Exhibitions
- Temporary and Permanent Installations
- Commissioning New Art
- The Future of Art in Cathedrals
- Notes
