Worship and Eucharist
The Whole Christ, Head and Body
- Preaching & Worship
- Publisher: Cascade Books (Wipf and Stock)
- Published: 2024
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Publisher's Description
Worship is the fundamental form of Christian witness. It turns us away from the ideologies, cults, and gods of power that otherwise dominate our society and destroy lives. Since the church is the witness of God to the society to which it is sent, it worships out in the public square, where the world can watch and hear. In six themes of Gathering, Hearing, Singing, Praying, Eucharist, and Whole People of God, Worship and Eucharist tells how the Holy Spirit makes a rational and articulate people. We travel together as the body of Christ on a way of the cross through the world and often against its resistance. The Eucharist is presented here in its true context of the ongoing priesthood of Christ with a dynamic understanding of our transformation and sanctification. What we say about our identity and our own bodies depends on our future redemption in the eternal life God intends for us. Worship and Eucharist makes connections across the whole Christian faith with the breadth of a catechism, but the familiarity of a friend. Densely packed with biblical insight, this book will inspire Christian leaders and others interested in worship with a theology of Christian communal life and mission that is accessible yet challenging.
Endorsements (2)
“An excellent exposition of the Christian liturgy as the service of the whole Christ, of head and body. While many Christians undervalue liturgy, Knight shows how Christ ministers to his people through liturgy. The ecclesial body of the Son is the mutual work of Father, Son, and Spirit—making available to the world the forgiveness of sins and just judgment in the public square. A book rich in insights in liturgical and political theology. Highly recommended!”
“Reading Douglas Knight’s Worship and Eucharist is like reading a collection of proverbs. Lapidary, taut, declarative, each sentence demands patient attention so its surface simplicity may open to its unexpected theological depths. As Knight cycles through the acts of worship—gathering, hearing, singing, praying, Eucharist—he shows how the liturgy encompasses the city and the future. Worship and Eucharist is a book of unsurpassed liturgical-political wisdom.”
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