Author: Andrew Jennings
Jennings, Andrew, 2019 Normalising the Elevated, or Elevating the Normal? A linguistic and theological discussion of the use of language in the Uniting Church Communion liturgy., Flinders University, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
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This study examines the claim made in the preface to Uniting in Worship 2 (UIW2) that the Service of the Lord’s Day, Second Service (SLD2) is written in a lower register than the first service (SLD1). Focussing specifically on the Communion liturgies, this study compares the two liturgy forms from linguistic and theological perspectives, concluding that the term “middle register” as used by the UIW2 preface is misapplied in reference to the Communion liturgies, and that no such register can accurately be said to be in use in either SLD1 or SLD2.
Keywords: liturgy, liturgical language, register, communion, Uniting Church, church, language
Subject: Theology thesis
Thesis type: Masters
Completed: 2019
School: College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
Supervisor: Rev Dr Paul Walton