Tag: ritual

• Ritual and Ritual Sensibility

  

  Ritual has human and humane purposes. Ritual needn’t serve nefarious purposes, although it can. It does not always, invariably and inevitably, prop up the power of oppressive overlords and normalize the unjust stratification of privilege. Ritual can reflect any idealized social order, a beautiful one as well as a vicious one. Ritual can symbolically represent […]

  HAT

  September 6, 2021

  What happens at church

  cohort effects, personal, ritual

• Questions for Reflection and Discussion – Psalm 66

  

  We are studying Psalm 66 for Sunday, February 17: an ancient Hebrew praise song, focused on God’s mighty acts of power and God’s acceptance of repentance. [Study notes on Psalm 66.] Here are a few questions we might want to consider before or in class: The psalm begins with a call to “make a joyful […]

  HAT

  February 15, 2019

  Text of the Week – Questions

  Bible, Bible study, God, Psalm 66, reflection, ritual, study questions, worldviews