Revising the marriage liturgy in the Church of England: Towards clarifying issues and possibilities

From: Anglican Theological Review | Date: April 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

BRYAN D. SPINKS*

This article makes no pretence to qualify as a piece of liturgical wissenschaft. Rather, it seeks to show how the study of liturgy and ancillary disciplines, and the social setting of a Church converge in a practical pastoral application. I wish to outline some of the social expectations, insights from anthropology, theological reflections-or lack of them-and lessons from liturgical wissenschaft which together are setting the scene for the revision of the marriage rite in the Church of England. First, however, the current situation needs to be outlined.

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