Researching Worship in Congregations

Wednesday 10 March 2010, 9.30 am – 3.30 pm

What tools can we use to analyse congregational worship? What questions do we want to ask of the performance, or of the liturgical text, or of the participants? What sort of presuppositions might we hold about the conduct of public worship which might affect our investigation into these questions?

We are offering the members of Diocesan Liturgical Committees the opportunity to participate in a series of seminars exploring these questions with a view to helping them in their work of promoting liturgical renewal in the parishes. The seminars form part of the MA in Christian Liturgy and have been designed with these students in mind, but because the topics are key to the effective work these committees we have decided to open them to a wider audience.

The day will be led by Professor Martin Stringer who is professor of Congregational and Liturgical Studies at the University of Birmingham. His book On the Perception of Worship (1999) is now a standard classic of research into congregational worship using methods drawn from anthropology. Also contributing the day will be Dr Juliette Day, Director of Liturgical Studies at Sarum College.

For further information about this day and other study and research opportunities in liturgy and worship please contact Dr Juliette Day by email: jday@sarum.ac.uk

Bookings:
Fee: £40  including lunch

To reserve a place please contact Anne Jensen, Academic Administrator
T: (01722) 424827
E: ajensen@sarum.ac.uk