Course Title: MN3185 – Pastoral Offices, Fall Term 2015
Instructor: The Rev. Valerie Bailey Fischer
Meeting Dates: September 10-12, October 8-10, November 5-7 in Chicago with online
work between meetings
Required readings
Books marked in bold are available for purchase. Texts available in Moodle are marked
with an asterix (*).
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Alexander, Neil, “Christian Initiation: Ritual Patterns and the Future Shape of
Revision,” in Ruth Meyers, ed., A Prayer Book for the 21st Century. Liturgical
Studies 3 (Church Hymnal Corp., 1996), 18-33*
Bleyle, Douglas K. and Richard Valantasis, “Creating an Ecology of
Reconciliation: Marshaling Contemplative Resources for Rites of Reconciliation,”
in Jennifer Phillips, ed., Ambassadors for God: Envisioning Reconciliation Rites
for the 21st Century. Liturgical Studies Five (Church Publishing, 2010), 109131.*
Changes: Prayers and Services Honoring Rites of Passage (Church
Publishing, 2007)
Enriching Our Worship 2 (Church Publishing, 2000).
Enriching Our Worship 3 (Church Publishing, 2006).
Enriching Our Worship 5 (Church Publishing, 2009).
Gatta, Julia and Martin L. Smith, Go in Peace: The Art of Hearing
Confessions (Morehouse, 2012).
Journey to Adulthood (sample pages)*
Kavanaugh, Aidan, On Liturgical Theology (Pueblo, 1992), 72-95*
Lathrop, Gordon W., Holy Things: A Liturgical Theology (Fortress, 1998), 54-68*
Lloyd, Trevor, “Funeral Rites,” in Charles Hefling and Cynthia Shattuck, eds.,
The Oxford Guide to the Book of Common Prayer (Oxford, 2007), 518-527*
Lynch, Thomas. The Undertaking: Life Studies from the Dismal Trade (Penguin,
1998).*
Marshall, Paul V., Same-Sex Unions: Stories and Rites (Church Publishing,
2004), 15-23.*
Mitchell, Leonel L., Pastoral and Occasional Liturgies: A Ceremonial Guide
(Cowley, 1998)
Mitchell, Leonel L., Praying Shapes Believing: A Theological Commentary on
The Book of Common Prayer (Morehouse, 1985), 186-232.
Oliver, Juan M.C., “Our Place: Inculturating [Anglo] Liturgical Space,” in Mark
L. MacDonald, ed., The Chant of Life: Inculturation and the People of the Land.
Liturgical Studies Four (Church Publishing, 2003), 100-120.*
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Phillips, Jennifer, “A Critique of the Rite of the Celebration and Blessing of a
Christian Marriage,” in Meyers, Prayer Book for the 21st Century, 110-129.*
Standing Commission on Liturgy and Music, “I Will Bless You and You Will
Be A Blessing”: Resources for the Witnessing and Blessing of a Lifelong
Covenant in a Same-Sex Relationship. Liturgical Resources 1 (Church
Publishing, 2013).
Stuhlman, Byron David, Occasions of Grace: A Historical And Theological
Study of the Pastoral Offices and Episcopal Services of the Book of Common
Prayer (Church Publishing, 1995)
Talley, Thomas, “Healing: Sacrament or Charism,” in Michael J. Taylor, S.J., ed.,
The Sacraments: Readings in Contemporary Sacramental Theology (Alba House,
1981), 241-251.*
The Book of Common Prayer
The Book of Occasional Services (2003)
Turrell, James, “Catechisms,” in Hefling and Shattuck, 500-507*
Varcoe, Gillian, “Marriage,” in Hefling and Shattuck, 509-517.*
These books are highly recommended resources. This is not required reading but I
recommend owning these books:
El Libro de Oración Común, Edición para las Iglesias, Church Publishing, January 1989.
Hatchett, Marion J. Commentary on the American Prayer Book. New York: Seabury
Press, 1981.