Brian Hamilton-Vise

I know that what I am asking is impossible. But in our time, as in every time, the impossible is the least that one can demand. —James Baldwin

Theology and Liturgy

When theology loses contact with liturgy, it inevitably turns in on itself. That is, when theology is no longer set within the worship and prayer that directs its attention away from itself, forces it to gaze on its object which transcends it, it cannot help but become fundamentally a matter of ‘internal coherence’ rather than faithfulness. Theology then becomes static, lost in a kind of internal satisfaction, and ceases any longer to follow after our God who leads us through the wilderness.

23 January 2008 | Comments (1)
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» On 23 January 2008, Brian said:

Good thoughts. This reminds me of a quote I once read – from an old Dutch Reformed source, of all places – that said “he who moves one finger of the liturgy moves the whole hand of theology”.

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Brian Hamilton-Vise is a Ph.D. student in moral theology at the University of Notre Dame, where his research is in the history of Christian political and economic thought. His side interests are in the development of negative theology and in recent political theory. Email him at bdhamilton@gmail.com.

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