Ritual Reboot
Balancing Tradition and Change in the 21st-Century Church
Balancing Tradition and Change in the 21st-Century Church
Revitalizing the Work of the People
Ritual Visions from Mexico
Truth-Telling as Christian Superpower
Creating Sacred Space as a Black Woman
Rituals are central structures for common worship, and they’ve certainly been subject to scrutiny, critique—even conflict—and change over the centuries of the church. In the January 2019 issue of Bearings, our featured contributors, Claire Dixon and Max Grant, share perspectives on the balance between retaining, reframing, and full-on rebooting religious rituals. In a remarkable photo essay, Emilio Bañuelos offers striking visual insight on how religious ritual shapes and is shaped by with wider contexts of life in a Mexican community. And, we’ve brought back a 2017 article from Hazel Cherry that explores the need for African American women to create new, affirming rituals. Finally. Elizabeth Drescher offers commentary on the challenge for religious communities of contributing to a “New Year Again in America.”
Balancing Tradition and Change in the 21st-Century Church
Elizabeth Drescher (Ritual Reboot | January 2019). Posted in From the Editor, Ritual Reboot.
Revitalizing the Work of the People
Maxwell Grant (Ritual Reboot | January 2019). Posted in Featured Article, Ritual Reboot.
Claire Dixon (Ritual Reboot | January 2019). Posted in Featured Article, Ritual Reboot.
Ritual Visions from Mexico
Emilio Bañuelos (Ritual Reboot | January 2019). Posted in Creative Insights, Ritual Reboot.
Truth-Telling as Christian Superpower
Elizabeth Drescher (Ritual Reboot | January 2019). Posted in Commentary, Ritual Reboot.
Creating Sacred Space as a Black Woman
Hazel Cherry (December 2017, Ritual Reboot | January 2019). Posted in 21stCenturyCulture, 21stCenturyMinistry, 21stCenturyReligion, 21stCenturySpirituality, From Our Archives, Sacred Space.
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