Liturgies from Below - UK Edition. Carvalhaes, Claudio

Liturgies from Below - UK Edition - Carvalhaes, Claudio


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and liturgies in this book were written in a collaborative process, with multiple people worshiping, praying, and sharing together. The process was facilitated by Cláudio Carvalhaes and others, and the spoken words were recorded and written out as part of these spontaneous sessions. There are very few direct lines of authorship in this work. It is the spirit work of the people. If we learn after publication of any alternative attribution for any part of this work, we will update the acknowledgments accordingly. Contact [email protected].

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      MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

       To Sudipta Singh, a shining light, whose passion, creativity, and love for the poor is a gift to the world

       CONTENTS

      Foreword by Collin I. Cowan

      Preface: Worship Creates Counter-Imperial Alternatives by Sudipta Singh

       Praying with Unwanted People: What It Means and Why It’s Important

       Praying at the Ends of the World: The Locations and Methods for Creating These Prayers

       Praying in Your Community: What This Book Can Do, and How to Use It

       A Word of Gratitude

       Participants List

       THE PRAYERS

       PART ONE: Prayers for the Beginning and Ending of Worship

       Invocations, Calls to Worship, Gathering Prayers

       Benedictions

       PART TWO: Prayers of Confession, Thanksgiving, and Intercession

       Prayers of Confession and Petition

       Prayers of Thanksgiving

       Prayers of Intercession

       PART THREE: Liturgies of Baptism and Eucharist

       Liturgies of Baptism

       Liturgies of Eucharist

       PART FOUR: New and Adapted Psalms

       New and Adapted Psalms

       PART FIVE: Topical Prayers and General Prayers

       Anger

       Forgiveness and Repentance

       Resistance

       Hunger

       Mourning

       Healing

       Power/Oppression

       General Prayers

       PART SIX: Prayers Based on the Liturgical Calendar

       Prayers Based on the Liturgical Calendar

       PART SEVEN: Praying through Poetry

       Praying through Poetry

       PART EIGHT: Praying through Scripture

       Praying through Scripture

       PART NINE: Complete Liturgical Sequences

       Complete Liturgical Sequences

      Please visit www.reimaginingworship.com, to find prayers and liturgies not included in this book. You’ll also find reflections and testimonies from participants, visual art, songs, and theater compositions created as part of this project, plus photos and videos from the locations. You’re invited to engage with all the content, to write your own prayers and liturgies, and to share them in your faith community and social networks.

       FOREWORD

      In the book of the Revelation, worship is interwoven throughout the entire book in an uncompromising message to Caesar that the Christian community could and would pay homage and pledge allegiance to God and God alone. To heed the words “Be faithful even to the point of death” (Rev 2:10) was to declare and devote primary, unconditional, and selfless loyalty to God alone.

      Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea—I heard everything everywhere say,

      “Blessing, honor, glory, and power

      belong


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