Volume 38 1968

The Reality of Worship

The Lecture given at the Annual Meeting of the Society, 1967, by Professor J G Davies, MA, DD, Edward Cadbury Professor and Director of the Institute for the Study of Worship and Religious Architecture, University of Birmingham

The reality of worship relates to its intelligibility and relevance to human existence. Church vocabulary seems outdated to modern people. Most acts of worship are church centred and not outward looking and this gives it an air of unreality. Forms of Communion are also removed from every day eating and drinking. The problem is to… Read More

St Columba’s Parish Church, Glenrothes

Edited from information supplied by the Rev L David Levison, MA, BD, Minister of the Parish

The Minister gives details of this church and the life of the congregation.

Liturgy and Mission

The Address delivered at the Regional Conference of the Society at the Kirk of the Greyfriars, October, 1967, by the Rev Canon Roland C Walls, BD, MA, Lecturer in Christian Dogmatics, New College, University of Edinburgh

The author is a pupil and disciple of Fr Gabriel Hebert S.S.M. who wrote ‘Liturgy and Society’. The author notes three problems which emerged in the last thirty years. 1) The danger of the divorce between the reformer of worship and the missionary and evangelist. 2) An increasing number looking for a ‘‘relevant liturgy’’(P17). 3)The… Read More

Stobo Kirk

The Rev James Bulloch, MA, BD, Ph D, Minister of the Parish

A history of the area and the church building including architectural features, and a brief explanation of the composition of the worshipping community is outlined.

Cremation Services

The Rev Foster Franklin, DD, Greenock Hon President

Thoughts on Cremation services and Suggested Scripture Readings for a Funeral Service.

A Course of Reading on Christian Worship

The Rev John A Lamb, Ph D, DD, Edinburgh, Hon President

A revision of an article contributed to the Annual of 1942/43 by Dr W.D. Maxwell. Some may not know about the article and many useful books have appeared in the interval and should be known to liturgical students. The books fall into the following divisions The Theory of Worship, The History of Worship; Scottish Worship;… Read More

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