Post-Reformation Historical Research
2002 Reston, Virginia
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Convener 2002
Thomas Schattauer (associate professor of liturgics and dean of the Chapel, Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa)
Seminar Participants 2002
David Bains, Kent Burreson, Alan Detscher, Stan Hall, Robert Hawkins, Richard Legett, George Muenich, John Rempel, Ken Rowe, Frank Senn, Karen Westerfield Tucker, Jeffrey Truscott, James White
Seminar Report 2002
Brief description
The work of this year’s meeting consisted of papers or presentations on topics arising out of the current research of seminar members as well as a review and discussion of Karen Westerfield Tucker’s American Methodist Worship (Oxford University Press, 2001). There was also time for each member and guest to give an update on his or her work and research interests.
Papers
- Kent Burreson, a portion of “Transforming the Medieval Heritage: The Growth of Lutheran Territorial Baptismal Rites Out of the Ritual Tradition and Luther’s Taufbüchleins, 1524-1545,” from his Notre Dame dissertation (in preparation) on baptismal rites in the Lutheran church orders.
- Jeff Truscott, “Confirmation Elements in Lutheran Book of Worship’s Rite of Holy Baptism: A Second Look.”
- Frank Senn, “The Mass in Sweden: From Swedish to Latin?” Stan Hall, review of Karen Westerfield Tucker’s American Methodist Worship, with introduction and comments by the author.
- Rychie Breidenstein (guest), “Examining Experience: Some Issues in Analyzing Manuscript Journals and Diaries,” a prologue to her dissertation (in preparation) on liturgical controversies in early American Methodism, 1769-1816.
- John Rempel, “The Lord’s Supper in Mennonite Tradition.”
- Richard Legett, “Liturgical Revision in the Anglican Church of Canada since 1922,” a plan for a book.