Table of Contents

1. Introduction

Part I.

2. A Narrative Analysis of Liturgy

3. Liturgy through the Lens of Narrative-Ritual Polarities

4. Themes in Addressing Suffering Through Liturgy

5. Suffering in Worship: Empirical Perspectives

Part II.

6. Connections: Human Tears and Divine Tears

7. Remembering

8. Remembering Suffering

9. When Stories Meet: Liturgy as Transformation and Healing

10. A Communal and Liturgical Spirituality of Reconciliation

11. Conclusion

About the Author

Armand Léon van Ommen is Christ’s College Teaching Fellow in Practical Theology at the University of Aberdeen, UK. He completed his Ph.D. studies in 2015 at the Evangelische Theologische Faculteit (Leuven, Belgium) where he was also involved in teaching practical theology and liturgical studies. After growing up in a Reformed church in the Netherlands, and having been part of evangelical churches during his studies, Léon became a member of the Church of England in 2011.