RT Article
T1 Liturgy: Local and Contextual or Controlled from Above? A Nordic Perspective: Liturgical Renewal and Development in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland in the Past Three Decades
JF Studia liturgica
VO 49
IS 1
SP 111
OP 121
A1 Hulmi, Sini
LA English
PB Sage Publishing
YR 2019
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1680064975
AB Is the liturgy local and contextual and growing from below, or is it controlled from above? Does the liturgy belong to the people and to the congregation, and are they allowed to use it in their own way? Or is the liturgy the property of the Church, which gives strict orders for its use? Is it powerful men and women, meaning those people with authority, and the institutions (for example, the Church Synod and the Bishops' Conference) who define the methods and ways in which liturgy is enculturated? Or do the ways of inculturation involve development from below, from the common people, even the poorest and most humble believers, at the congregational level? The balance between these two aspects—top-down and bottom-up worship—has repeatedly shifted over the last three decades, and there have been tensions between them in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland. The goal of this essay is to clarify the reason for this confusing situation related to authority, fixed orders and the creative development of liturgical life.
K1 Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland
K1 Lutheran Church
K1 Liturgical Inculturation
K1 Liturgy
K1 worship renewal
DO 10.1177/0039320718808942