Patricia Wilson-Kastner was, until her recent death, Rector of St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Brooklyn, New York, and a former homiletics professor at General Theological Seminary, New York City.
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Prologue: Praying the Liturgy, Each Day and Forever The Liturgy as Sacred Drama: Its Shape and Movement The Shape of the Liturgy Liturgy: What Is It? The Role of the Sermon How Does the Drama Unfold? People, Time, and Space: The Inclusive Community Liturgy: Who, When, Where? Sacred and Profane Liturgical Time Liturgical Space The Word and the World: God's People at Worship and Work Gathering the Baptized Liturgical Greeting and Gathering Liturgical Assembly and Christian Identity The Word of God: Uttering the Dialog Preaching: Incarnational Prayer Preaching: What Do We Expect? Sermon as Liturgical Prayer Preaching and the Transformation of Life Bread for the Journey Eucharist: Communion and Community The Sacrificial Meal: The Symbolic Action The Sacrificial Meal: What Is It? Eucharistic Prayer: The Dramatic Elements The World Becoming Itself: Liturgy and the Future Eucharist and the Eschatological Ideal What Does God Want the World to Become? Hope for the Future