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Emmaus-gangan og guðsþjónusta þjóðkirkjunnar
Keywords:
Liturgical theology, (components of the) Sunday service, worship and culture, worship and innovation, the Emmaus narrativeAbstract
Abstract
This article compares Luke’s narrative (24.13-35) of the two disciples on the road to Emmaus, and their companionship with the risen Christ in the guise of a stranger, with the Sunday service of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Iceland, as it is prescribed in ELCI´s current Worship Book (Handbók). Reflecting on the four building blocks of the service (Gathering, Service of the Word, Service of the Table, Sending), the article claims that they can be compared and correlated with the four main parts of the Emmaus narrative. The comparison serves a twofold purpose: a deeper understanding of the spiritual meaning and goal of Sunday worship, and supporting an ongoing innovation in the church, where the “Emmaus-paradigm” might be a guidance for creating new forms and texts for worship. Examples of innovation are cited and correlated with the paradigm, and with questions regarding the dynamics between liturgy and culture.