Ruth A Meyers
Biographic Data
| ID | 6000236 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ruth A Meyers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ruth A |
| FAMILY NAME | Meyers |
| SIGNATURE | MEYERS R A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Church Divinity School of the Pacific |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
On the Way to Full Communion
For several years beginning in January 2018, a seminar of the North American Academy of Liturgy met to consider how understanding of liturgy can further efforts at church unity between Lutherans an
Spiritual communion as a response to hunger for Christ
The health restrictions required by the COVID-19 pandemic made it impossible for many people to receive communion, creating profound spiritual hunger for many who are accustomed to receiving communion regularly. One option is the practice of spiritual communion, which may include a prayer of intent in times when a Christian is unable to receive the sacrament. This article explores theological foundations for this practice and its roots in Christi…
Jubilate
These essays were presented at the Jubilate conference at Christ Church Cathedral in the Diocese of Southern Ohio on 2 November 2019. Meyers urges the expansion of images and metaphors used to speak of the mystery of God in liturgy while not abandoning classical masculine language for God. Expanding our language is essential, she argues, both to speak the truth about God and to uphold the dignity of every human being. Sonderegger contends that ma…
W eddings
I W ill B less Y ou, and Y ou W ill Be a B lessing ”
Mission and Worship
Baptismal Faith, Baptismal Living
According to the Gospel of Matthew, the risen Jesus commissioned his apostles to “make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and
Missional Church, Missional Liturgy
For the past half century, missiologists and theologians have given new attention to mission as a matter of Christian identity, grounded in the missio Dei, the “mission of God.” The term “missional” is used increasingly to express this notion of the church's participation in God's mission. This essay explores this approach to mission and considers how liturgy can be a locus of the missio Dei. Missional liturgy is not a matter of particular techni…
Renewing the Language of Worship
Episcopalians Celebrate All Saints
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Episcopalians Celebrate All Saints
Renewing the Language of Worship
Missional Church, Missional Liturgy
For the past half century, missiologists and theologians have given new attention to mission as a matter of Christian identity, grounded in the missio Dei, the “mission of God.” The term “missional” is used increasingly to express this notion of the church's participation in God's mission. This essay explores this approach to mission and considers how liturgy can be a locus of the missio Dei. Missional liturgy is not a matter of particular techni…
Baptismal Faith, Baptismal Living
According to the Gospel of Matthew, the risen Jesus commissioned his apostles to “make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and
Mission and Worship
W eddings
I W ill B less Y ou, and Y ou W ill Be a B lessing ”
Jubilate
These essays were presented at the Jubilate conference at Christ Church Cathedral in the Diocese of Southern Ohio on 2 November 2019. Meyers urges the expansion of images and metaphors used to speak of the mystery of God in liturgy while not abandoning classical masculine language for God. Expanding our language is essential, she argues, both to speak the truth about God and to uphold the dignity of every human being. Sonderegger contends that ma…
Spiritual communion as a response to hunger for Christ
The health restrictions required by the COVID-19 pandemic made it impossible for many people to receive communion, creating profound spiritual hunger for many who are accustomed to receiving communion regularly. One option is the practice of spiritual communion, which may include a prayer of intent in times when a Christian is unable to receive the sacrament. This article explores theological foundations for this practice and its roots in Christi…
On the Way to Full Communion
For several years beginning in January 2018, a seminar of the North American Academy of Liturgy met to consider how understanding of liturgy can further efforts at church unity between Lutherans an
Philosophy (7 works) · Theology (7 works) · Christian Theology and Mission (5 works) · Religion, Society, and Development (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Religious studies (4 works) · Liturgy (3 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (2 works) · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies (2 works) · Prayer (2 works)