In Spirit and Truth: A Vision of Episcopal Worship - Softcover

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

SYLVIA SWEENEY was Dean and President of Bloy House, the Episcopal Theological School at Claremont. With a doctorate in Liturgical Studies from Graduate Theological Union, she has worked with progressive Christians seeking to expand their own vision for spiritual formation. As a professor of Liturgical Studies and of Homiletics, she helped church leaders and those preparing for ordained ministry bridge the divide between academia, the pew, and our busy city streets. She lives in Altadena, CA.

The Rev. Canon Kevin Moroney, PhD, is currently serving as the Visiting Professor of Liturgy and Worship at the United Lutheran Seminary in PA, as well as the Priest-in-Charge of Grace Church, City Island in NYC. He previously served as the H. Boone Porter Chair of Liturgics and Director of the Chapel of the Good Shepherd at The General Theological Seminary in NYC. Additionally, he served The Episcopal Church on the Task Force for Liturgical and Prayer Book Revision (TFLPBR) from 2018-2022. He is a member of the North American Academy of Liturgy and serves as chair of the Liturgy Committee of the Diocese of New York. He lives in New York.

Stephanie A. Budwey, PhD is the Luce Dean’s Faculty Fellow Assistant Professor of the History and Practice of Christian Worship and the Arts and Director of the Religion in the Arts and Contemporary Culture Program at Vanderbilt Divinity School. Her teaching and research focus on the relationships between social justice issues, liturgy, and the arts. Her current book project is tentatively entitled Religion and Intersex: Perspectives from Science, Law, Culture, and Theology and her research on Marian hymnody was published in 2014 by Liturgical Press as Sing of Mary: Giving Voice to Marian Theology and Devotion. She currently serves as Organist/Parish Musician at St. David’s Episcopal Church and lives in Nashville, TN.

SAMUEL TORVEND is senior historian in Religion at Pacific Lutheran University and associate priest for adult formation at Christ Episcopal Church in Tacoma, Washington. He is the chair emeritus of the Commission on Liturgy and the Arts in the Diocese of Olympia and a much-published author on liturgy and social justice. He lives in Lakewood, WA.

James Farwell is Professor of Theology and Liturgy and Director of Anglican Studies at Virginia Theological Seminary, with years of parish and cathedral ministry in addition to his work in the academy. He is the author of This is the Night: Suffering, Salvation, and the Liturgies of Holy Week; The Liturgy Explained; and numerous book chapters and journal articles in theology, liturgy, and comparative studies. He lives in Alexandria, Virginia.