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Tovey, Philip (2009). The Theory and Practice of Extended Communion . Series: Liturgy, worship & society. Surrey: Ashgate. ISBN 978-0-7546-6684-4.

Tovey, Philip (2009). The Theory and Practice of Extended Communion . Series: Liturgy, worship &... According to Philip Tovey, practical theology in recent times has often neglected “the changing shape of worship in the church”. The assumption here is that pastoral reorganisation may have produced many new liturgical texts, forms and roles which have not been appropriately analysed by theologians — an omission due to the gap between theology and the perspective of practitioners. This is especially problematic when it comes to liturgy: many scholars focus on the history of liturgical texts and fail to consider the participants who actually shape contemporary liturgical events. An example of a new liturgical celebration that has not received much theological attention would be “extended communion”: the “distribution of previously consecrated elements to a congregation by a lay person at a public service in the absence of a priest”. In several denominations, this form of liturgical celebration takes place because of a shortage of clergy. In this book, Povey contributes to the theological reflection on extended communion by building a bridge between theory and practice. He does so by way of an in-depth study of parishes in the Church of England — more precisely in the Archdeaconry of Berkshire in the Diocese of Oxford. Various data (observations, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Empirical Theology Brill

Tovey, Philip (2009). The Theory and Practice of Extended Communion . Series: Liturgy, worship & society. Surrey: Ashgate. ISBN 978-0-7546-6684-4.

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Journal of Empirical Theology , Volume 26 (1): 131 – Jan 1, 2013
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According to Philip Tovey, practical theology in recent times has often neglected “the changing shape of worship in the church”. The assumption here is that pastoral reorganisation may have produced many new liturgical texts, forms and roles which have not been appropriately analysed by theologians — an omission due to the gap between theology and the perspective of practitioners. This is especially problematic when it comes to liturgy: many scholars focus on the history of liturgical texts and fail to consider the participants who actually shape contemporary liturgical events. An example of a new liturgical celebration that has not received much theological attention would be “extended communion”: the “distribution of previously consecrated elements to a congregation by a lay person at a public service in the absence of a priest”. In several denominations, this form of liturgical celebration takes place because of a shortage of clergy. In this book, Povey contributes to the theological reflection on extended communion by building a bridge between theory and practice. He does so by way of an in-depth study of parishes in the Church of England — more precisely in the Archdeaconry of Berkshire in the Diocese of Oxford. Various data (observations,

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