Acting Liturgically Philosophical Reflections on Religious Practice

Nicholas Wolterstorff, Noah Porter Professor Emeritus of Philosophical Theology, Yale University

Nicholas Wolterstorff (Retired in June 2002) was Noah Porter Professor of Philosophical Theology, and has taught at Yale since 1989. Previously, he taught at Calvin College, the Free University of Amsterdam, and the University of Notre Dame and has been visiting professor at several institutions. He
has received many fellowships, including ones from the NEH and the Danforth Endowment. He is past President of the American Philosophical Association (Central Division) and serves on its publication and executive committees. He is on the editorial boards of Faith and Philosophy; Topics in
Philosophy; and is also General Editor of the Supplementary Textbook Project of the Christian College Coalition and a member of the evaluation panels for the NEH.

Introduction
PART ONE: LITURGY, ENACTMENTS, AND SCRIPTS
1. What is Liturgy?
2. On Following a Liturgical Script
3. With One Accord: The Communal Dimension of Liturgical Enactments
4. On Bended Knee: the Bodily Dimension of Liturgical Enactments
5. What Are Those without Faith Doing in Liturgical Enactments?
PART TWO: LITURGY AND SCRIPTURE
6. On the Liturgical Reading and Singing of Scripture
7. Liturgical Repetition and Reenactment
8. Liturgical Commemoration
9. The Liturgical Present Tense
PART THREE: GOD IN THE LITURGY
10. God's Liturgical Activity
11. Does God Know What We Say to God?
PART FOUR: LITURGY, LOVE, AND JUSTICE
12. Liturgical Love
13. Justice and Injustice in Christian Liturgies