{"id":30754,"date":"2024-05-31T21:59:19","date_gmt":"2024-06-01T01:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=30754"},"modified":"2024-05-31T21:59:19","modified_gmt":"2024-06-01T01:59:19","slug":"decolonizing-liturgy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/decolonizing-liturgy\/","title":{"rendered":"Decolonizing liturgy"},"content":{"rendered":"

The National Worship Conference<\/a> of the Anglican Church of Canada is meeting in Regina this summer. It \u201cwill examine how church liturgy and worship practices can better reflect the diversity of modern congregations\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

The aim of the conference is to extirpate \u201cexpressions of empire\u201d<\/em> from liturgy in order to \u201cdecolonize\u201c<\/em> it. As things stand, we are \u201cexcluding voices from the margins\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

We have to \u201cbegin by listening to the land,\u00a0hearing the\u00a0ancient\u00a0voices\u00a0of creation that hold our narratives.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019m not sure what the \u201cvoices from the margins\u201d<\/em> or the \u201cvoices of creation\u201d<\/em> are, although I\u2019ve heard rumours that many clergy are hearing voices when they forget to take their pills.<\/p>\n

Here is a radical idea: instead of straining to hear the voices of creation, try reading the Bible to see what God has to say.<\/p>\n

You can register for the conference at the website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

All are welcome except orthodox Christians.<\/p>\n

More here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n\"\"Berringer said she expected the subject matter of this year\u2019s conference to be sensitive and controversial. The event\u2019s website describes its purpose as exploring what it means to decolonize expressions of worship in the Anglican and Lutheran churches. Berringer says it\u2019s about identifying the ways in which Anglicans and Lutherans from outside European-derived culture don\u2019t see themselves reflected in the churches\u2019 worship, and about finding ways to make it their own.<\/p>\n

The word \u201cdecolonize\u201d has so many disparate meanings to people according to their backgrounds and preconceived ideas, she says, that the conference may not get beyond negotiating a shared understanding of what the churches need to do to make themselves more inclusive. But even if that means having some difficult and uncomfortable conversations, she says it\u2019s worth doing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI fully expect people to attend this conference and have pushback on everything from the title, to the description, to who we\u2019ve included as far as workshop leaders,\u201d she says. \u201cWe do expect people to be uncomfortable, probably. We\u2019re providing prayer support, we\u2019ve got chaplains ready \u2026 It\u2019s human nature to feel defensive when the perception is \u2018what you\u2019re doing isn\u2019t working, we\u2019ve got to change it and make it better.\u2019\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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