id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_bveu43uijrfxnpeyvgddv7qzfe Bryan Cones Essential Workers, Essential Services? Leitourgia in Light of Lockdown 2021 10 .pdf application/pdf 7527 608 59 services were largely deemed "non-essential", and most assemblies shifted worship to online platforms. might better propose a "public theology" of God's work in the world understood as the concursus Keywords: public theology; liturgy; eucharist; COVID-19; pandemic; assembly; liturgical theology; Christian liturgy as public, in-person, and "essential" service done for the sake of the polis. In doing so, the assembly proposes a public example of "church doing world"6 that actively 15 Foley argues that dialogue is key to public theology proposed through liturgy, "not simply supplying answers to questions and problems posed by 16 The connections between liturgy and public protest have long been a thread in liturgical theology, if underdeveloped, at least as a matter of most How often do Christian assemblies render their eucharistic "public service" in Available online: https://www.christiancentury.org/article/critical-essay/virtual-worship-hasbecome-people-s-work (accessed on 20 December 2020). Available online: https://episcopalchurch.org/posts/publicaffairs/presidingbishop-michael-currys-word-church-our-theology-worship (accessed on 21 December 2020). Engaging the Liturgy of the World: Worship as Public Theology. ./cache/work_bveu43uijrfxnpeyvgddv7qzfe.pdf ./txt/work_bveu43uijrfxnpeyvgddv7qzfe.txt