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Dr Tim Hutchings describes his research into the new phenomenon of on-line churches and, with Thomas O’Loughlin, discusses what this phenomenon means for the traditional understanding of…
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Kevin McGinnell and Tom O’Loughlin discuss the challenge of creating an incarnational liturgy fifty years after the close of the Second Vatican Council.
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Tables are a part of everyday life, but they also have
significance in many religious rituals which are connected with food / eating. Here Prof. Tom O’Loughlin looks at a range of
meanings…
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The Eucharist is a central ritual of Christians, and a
central to that ritual is the use of a cup of wine for which thanks have been
offered to God. But what is often forgotten is that in this…
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Professor Tom O’Loughlin points out a complexity in the use of
the word ‘eucharist.’ It is usually thought of as just a technical name for a
ritual – the ritual practiced…
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Lammas – from ‘Loaf Mass’ – is the original harvest thanksgiving feast when the first loaf, baked from the newly harvested grain, was presented in the local church. Because it…
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