Bryan Cones
Biographic Data
| ID | 1608712 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bryan Cones |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bryan |
| FAMILY NAME | Cones |
| SIGNATURE | CONES B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0368-7365 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Liturgical Malformation: Stumbling Blocks on the Assembly’s Path
Despite assertions that liturgical prayer forms assemblies in patterns of Christian living, it also has the potential to misshape Christians in patterns of passivity. Liturgical books, church buildings, and habits of liturgical leadership leave many assemblies in the role of consumers to the production of others. Attention to the whole assembly as the common subject of common prayer can help shape celebrations that propose those who gather as act…
Scott, Hilton 2022. A Sense of Belonging: Being Church in a Pluralistic Society. Eugene, Or: Resource Publications
The challenges of bridging the cultures and differences of church members are among the most pressing concerns congregations face in urban pluralistic cultures. Add to this a history of oppression and injustice based on race, as one might find in the author’s country of South Africa or in this reviewer’s home in United States of America, and the work becomes decidedly more urgent. One hopes the common prayer that unites congregations, sustained b…
The Fraying of the “Ecumenical Consensus” or a New Stage of Liturgical Renewal: A Case Study
Feminist, LGBTQIA+, and postcolonial critiques over the past decades have questioned the so-called “ecumenical consensus” in liturgical matters ranging from language about God to lectionaries to liturgical time. These developments have affected liturgical development across churches, with some (most recently, the Presbyterian Church, USA) revising their resources to address these critiques. Others are pursuing a different approach: This article w…
Cultural Exchanges: Reflections on a Pilgrimage
My own account of the US-centrism in the field of liturgical studies could begin with a single question: Why Australia? That was the question I was routinely asked as I prepared to leave the US-sid
A Sense of Belonging: Being Church in a Pluralistic Society by Hilton Scott
The challenges of bridging the cultures and differences of church members are among the most pressing concerns congregations face in urban pluralistic cultures. Add to this a history of oppression and injustice based on race, as one might find in the author’s country of South Africa or in this reviewer’s home in United States of America, and the work becomes decidedly more urgent. One hopes the common prayer that unites congregations, sustained b…
Mixed Media: The Assembly's Theologia Prima of Resistance to Its Place of Prayer
Many liturgical assemblies celebrate in spaces purpose-built for the worship of a different age. While financial and other constraints limit the possibility of complete reordering and renovation of these buildings, assemblies can nevertheless creatively engage their inherited architecture and discover new encounters with the living God. This paper explores how active resistance to the built environment can be a juxtaposing act of primary liturgic…
The Assembly Beyond “the Brink of Chaos”: Signs of Hope among those Re-gathered in Christ’s Name
Essential Workers, Essential Services? Leitourgia in Light of Lockdown
Within days of the outbreak of COVID-19, the language of "essential work" and "essential workers" became commonplace in public discourse. "Church workers" and their in-person liturgical services were largely deemed "non-essential", and most assemblies shifted worship to online platforms. While some reflection on this virtual "church work" has appeared in the intervening months, there has been less evaluation of the gathered assembly's absence fro…
Evoking the Other’: Towards Feminist Gesture for Any Assembly
While some church bodies and denominations have taken steps towards language for the divine and human informed by feminist theological reflection and practice, the embodiment of common prayer across traditions is little changed. Feminist liturgical reflection and practice, however, offer patterns of movement and gesture, voice, and leadership that are no less critical to renewed and liberating liturgical practice in assemblies not consciously ide…
Essential Workers, Essential Services? Leitourgia in Light of Lockdown
Within days of the outbreak of COVID-19, the language of "essential work" and "essential workers" became commonplace in public discourse. "Church workers" and their in-person liturgical services were largely deemed "non-essential", and most assemblies shifted worship to online platforms. While some reflection on this virtual "church work" has appeared in the intervening months, there has been less evaluation of the gathered assembly's absence fro…
Evoking the Other’: Towards Feminist Gesture for Any Assembly
While some church bodies and denominations have taken steps towards language for the divine and human informed by feminist theological reflection and practice, the embodiment of common prayer across traditions is little changed. Feminist liturgical reflection and practice, however, offer patterns of movement and gesture, voice, and leadership that are no less critical to renewed and liberating liturgical practice in assemblies not consciously ide…
Essential Workers, Essential Services? Leitourgia in Light of Lockdown
Within days of the outbreak of COVID-19, the language of "essential work" and "essential workers" became commonplace in public discourse. "Church workers" and their in-person liturgical services were largely deemed "non-essential", and most assemblies shifted worship to online platforms. While some reflection on this virtual "church work" has appeared in the intervening months, there has been less evaluation of the gathered assembly's absence fro…
Mixed Media: The Assembly's Theologia Prima of Resistance to Its Place of Prayer
Many liturgical assemblies celebrate in spaces purpose-built for the worship of a different age. While financial and other constraints limit the possibility of complete reordering and renovation of these buildings, assemblies can nevertheless creatively engage their inherited architecture and discover new encounters with the living God. This paper explores how active resistance to the built environment can be a juxtaposing act of primary liturgic…
The Assembly Beyond “the Brink of Chaos”: Signs of Hope among those Re-gathered in Christ’s Name
A Sense of Belonging: Being Church in a Pluralistic Society by Hilton Scott
The challenges of bridging the cultures and differences of church members are among the most pressing concerns congregations face in urban pluralistic cultures. Add to this a history of oppression and injustice based on race, as one might find in the author’s country of South Africa or in this reviewer’s home in United States of America, and the work becomes decidedly more urgent. One hopes the common prayer that unites congregations, sustained b…
Scott, Hilton 2022. A Sense of Belonging: Being Church in a Pluralistic Society. Eugene, Or: Resource Publications
The challenges of bridging the cultures and differences of church members are among the most pressing concerns congregations face in urban pluralistic cultures. Add to this a history of oppression and injustice based on race, as one might find in the author’s country of South Africa or in this reviewer’s home in United States of America, and the work becomes decidedly more urgent. One hopes the common prayer that unites congregations, sustained b…
The Fraying of the “Ecumenical Consensus” or a New Stage of Liturgical Renewal: A Case Study
Feminist, LGBTQIA+, and postcolonial critiques over the past decades have questioned the so-called “ecumenical consensus” in liturgical matters ranging from language about God to lectionaries to liturgical time. These developments have affected liturgical development across churches, with some (most recently, the Presbyterian Church, USA) revising their resources to address these critiques. Others are pursuing a different approach: This article w…
Cultural Exchanges: Reflections on a Pilgrimage
My own account of the US-centrism in the field of liturgical studies could begin with a single question: Why Australia? That was the question I was routinely asked as I prepared to leave the US-sid
Liturgical Malformation: Stumbling Blocks on the Assembly’s Path
Despite assertions that liturgical prayer forms assemblies in patterns of Christian living, it also has the potential to misshape Christians in patterns of passivity. Liturgical books, church buildings, and habits of liturgical leadership leave many assemblies in the role of consumers to the production of others. Attention to the whole assembly as the common subject of common prayer can help shape celebrations that propose those who gather as act…
Philosophy (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Prayer (4 works) · Theology (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Religion, Society, and Development (3 works) · Religious Tourism and Spaces (3 works)