Cover title: Children at the table : a collection of essays on children and the Eucharist
"Ruth A. Meyers, Editor, for the Standing Liturgical Commission".
Includes bibliographical references.
This "is a collection of essays addressing the subject of children and the eucharist. Many of the essays were originally prepared for a 1985 international Anglican consultation on children and communion. Included is the statement prepared by the consultation to member churches of the Anglican communion." -- back cover.
Contents divided into two sections: I : The Boston Consultation on Children at Communion -- II : Infant Communion in the Episcopal Church.
Contents: Introduction dated Tuesday in Holy Week, 1994 / Ruth A. Meyers -- Contributors -- The Boston Consultation : A New Introduction to the Essays / Colin Buchanan -- Children and the Eucharist in the Tradition of the Church / David R. Holeton -- Communion of All the Baptized and Anglican Tradition / David R. Holeton -- A Theological Reflection on the Experience of Inclusion/Exclusion at the Eucharist / Kenneth W. Stevenson -- American Perspectives: (i) The Place of Baptismal Anointing / Leonel L. Mitchell -- American Perspectives: (ii) Confirmation / Louis Weil -- American Perspectives: (iii) Mystagogia / Robert J. Brooks -- New Zealand Inititation Experience: (i) A Changing Initiatory Pattern / Brian Davis -- New Zealand Initiation Experience: (ii) Acceptance of Child Communion / Brian Davis and Tom Brown -- Pushing at the Door: (i) The Church of England / Donald Gray -- Pushing at the Door: (ii) The Anglican Church of Australia / Ronald L. Dowling -- Ecumenical Perspectives / Eugene L. Brand -- The Boston Statement : Children and Communion -- Participants in the Boston Consultation -- Infant Communion : Reflections on the Case from Tradition / Ruth A. Meyers -- The Communion of Infants and Little Children / Leonel L. Mitchell -- Disputed Aspects of Infant Communion / Louis Weil -- Appendix 1: Communion of the Baptized but Unconfirmed in Anglicanism -- Appendix 2: Statement of the House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church (U.S.A.).
A collection of essays on Anglican liturgy in memory of Geoffrey Cuming (1917-1988).
Contents divided into four sections: Points of focus -- Specific ingredients -- Intangibles -- Postscript.
Contents: Foreword / Henry Chadwick -- Editors' preface dated All Saints' Day, 1990 / Kenneth W. Stevenson and Bryan Spinks -- Imagining the Kingdom : some questions for Anglican worship today / Rowan D. Williams -- Communion, children and community / David R. Holeton -- The year of grace / Thomas J. Talley -- The Bible in worship / Martin Kitchen -- Eucharistic theology / Christopher J. Cocksworth -- Daily prayer / Paul F. Bradshaw -- Christian initiation / Paul J. Roberts -- The Eucharistic prayer / Bryan D. Spinks -- The pastoral offices / Kenneth W. Stevenson -- The Anglican Church and Holy Order / Bryan D. Spinks and Gianfranco Tellini -- Is there an 'Anglican' liturgical style ? / David S. Stancliffe -- Liturgy and society / Donald C. Gray --Whose culture and why ? / George Mathew -- An African perspective / Dinis Sengulane -- An outsider's view / John F. Baldovin -- A future for Anglican spirituality : a Methodist view / Gordon S. Wakefield -- Anglican identity : a chapter of accidents / Kenneth W. Stevenson.