Toward Ritual Transformation: Remembering Robert W. Hovda
Gabe Huck, Virgil C. Funk (Contribution by), James Savage (Contribution by), Robert W. Hovda (Contribution by), Michael J. JoncasBooks.org participates in affiliate programs including Bookshop.org and the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program. We may earn a commission from qualifying purchases made through links on this page, at no additional cost to you.
Overview
Robert W. Hovda's bishop once accused him of having a "messiah complex." Hovda replied: "I thought we were supposed to." Hovda's "messiah complex" was the ideal of a Church "never finalized or finished, never an accomplished fact but always on pilgrimage, seeking, growing, and helping the world grow toward what Scripture calls the reign of God. This faith community comes to realize gradually, with the help of the word of God and the signs of the times, that its ministry in the world is the liberation and unification of the human race, because the God of the Bible is a God who is living, whose creative work is ongoing, and whose call beckons us always to move beyond where we are at any given moment." In this volume Hovda himself and other distinguished liturgists who have followed his lead challenge the Church to continue that pilgrimage toward beauty and justice, the inseparable components of Christian liturgy and life.Synopsis
Robert W. Hovda's bishop once accused him of having a "messiah complex." Hovda replied: "I thought we were supposed to." Hovda's "messiah complex" was the ideal of a Church "never finalized or finished, never an accomplished fact but always on pilgrimage, seeking, growing, and helping the world grow toward what Scripture calls the reign of God. This faith community comes to realize gradually, with the help of the word of God and the signs of the times, that its ministry in the world is the liberation and unification of the human race, because the God of the Bible is a God who is living, whose creative work is ongoing, and whose call beckons us always to move beyond where we are at any given moment." In this volume Hovda himself and other distinguished liturgists who have followed his lead challenge the Church to continue that pilgrimage toward beauty and justice, the inseparable components of Christian liturgy and life.