Background
Saliers, Don Earl was born on August 11, 1937 in Fostoria, Ohio, United States. Son of Harold Adelbert and Emilie (Wendler) Saliers.
( In Worship As Theology, Don Saliers discusses how worsh...)
In Worship As Theology, Don Saliers discusses how worship is both theological (God-centered) and anthropological (embodied and embedded in specific human and cultural contexts). He illuminates worship as a theology "prayed, sung, and enacted." At the same time--by focusing upon specific dimensions of liturgical action such as praising, thanking, invoking, confessing, proclaiming, interceding, and blessing--he addresses the differences between the liturgical/sacramental and the "free-church"/evangelical church traditions. Underlying Saliers' approach is his basic conviction that Christian liturgy is an eschatological art. Theological integrity in worship, he asserts, calls for a permanent tension in the forms and patterns which reflect the "already" and "not yet" of Christian life in the world for the sake of the world. Worship As Theology, therefore, begins and ends with the eschatology of the divine promise, that the church's cry is still "Come, Lord Jesus!" and that God's will be done on earth "as in heaven."
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(The New Handbook of the Christian Year: Second Edition, b...)
The New Handbook of the Christian Year: Second Edition, by Hoyt L. Hickman, Don E. Saliers, Laurence Hull Stookey, and James F. White. Lectionary, prayers, responses, and Communion services updated for consistency with books of worship from several denominations. Includes: glossary of Christian symbols, glossary of liturgical terms, annotated bibliography, index of Scripture readings, index of Psalms, and an ecumenical service for the sacrament of the Lord's Supper.
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(What makes Christian worship both true and relevant to ev...)
What makes Christian worship both true and relevant to ever-changing human circumstances? How can our gathering about the Scriptures, the Table of the Lord, and the waters of baptism shape and express authentic Christian faith in the world of everyday life? In this book, Don Saliers finds a fresh way of answering these questions by exploring four "senses" of God: awe, delight, truth, and hope. Why are wonderment, surprise, truthfulness, and expectancy so often missing or diminished in Christian liturgy today, whether Protestant or Roman Catholic, "high church" or "low church, " "traditional" or "contemporary"? These are essential qualities of both worship and life. Saliers contends that we are still restless for communion with God, and suggests how these essentials may be rediscovered by every worshiping congregation. At stake are the means of grace received from Christ, attested to in the Scriptures and shown in every faithful worshiping assembly.
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(A word of grace to all who "gather around the font, the b...)
A word of grace to all who "gather around the font, the book and the table" to recover their center. "Without living remembrance of the whole biblical story there would be no authentic worship, nor could there be any such thing as becomeing a living reminder of Jesus Christ for others."
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Saliers, Don Earl was born on August 11, 1937 in Fostoria, Ohio, United States. Son of Harold Adelbert and Emilie (Wendler) Saliers.
Bachelor, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1959; Bachelor's Degree (Master of Divinity), Yale University, 1962; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1967.
Instructor religion, Yale University, New Haven, 1963-1964; Fulbright research fellow, St. John's College, Cambridge (England) University, 1964-1965; assistant professor theology, Yale Division School, New Haven, 1966-1971; associate professor, Yale Division School, New Haven, 1971-1974; associate professor, Emory University, Atlanta, since 1974; named to F.N. Parker chair in theology and worship, Emory University, Atlanta, since 1997. Visiting professor theology and liturgics U. Notre Dame, Indiana, summers 1988, 91, 97, St. John's U. Collegeville, Minnesota, summers 1978, 80, 83, 85, 90, 94, 98. Chair task force on word and ta table United Methodist Church, 1972-1980.
(What makes Christian worship both true and relevant to ev...)
( In Worship As Theology, Don Saliers discusses how worsh...)
(The life of prayer is a double journey into the reality o...)
(A word of grace to all who "gather around the font, the b...)
(The New Handbook of the Christian Year: Second Edition, b...)
(Book by Hickman, Hoyt L., Saliers, Don E., Stookey, Laure...)
(Book by Saliers, Don E)
Trustee Ohio Wesleyan University, since 1988. Member North America Academy Liturgy (vice president, president 1979-1981), Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality (vice president 1998), American Academy Religion, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Jane Firmin, August 15, 1959. Children: Jennifer Elaine, Emily Ann, Elizabeth Jane, Carrie Christiana.