{"product_id":"caring-liturgies-susan-marie-smith-9780800697365","title":"Caring Liturgies: The Pastoral Power of Christian Ritual","description":"\u003cp\u003eCaregiving practices in churches often center around listening and giving counsel, making referrals, and creating support groups for specific needs. In \u003cb\u003eCaring Liturgies\u003c\/b\u003e, Susan Marie Smith proposes that Christian ritual is both a method and a means for helping people through liminal times of transition and uncertainty, even vulnerability and fear. It teaches readers to recognize the ritual needs of fellow Christians and thus create post-baptismal rites of passage and healing that might strengthen and support them in the fulfillment of their ministries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book extends the usefulness of denominational \"occasional services\" books and other resources by suggesting ways to build a rite around a central symbolic action, pointing out issues of ritual honesty and ethics, and identifying skills and attributes necessary to preparing and leading a rite. Numerous narrative examples help to flesh out the principles and illustrate the key argument: that rituals are necessary means to enable human growth and maturity, both through times of suffering and times of transition, and that ritual-making leaders are central to the ongoing health of the church.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Marie Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0800697367\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780800697365\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Augsburg Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/16\/2013 pg. 27","brand":"Susan Marie Smith","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43992425824511,"sku":"9780800697365","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3d1267f9-cd37-43da-8292-23a84ec5fe8a.jpg?v=1683318893","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/caring-liturgies-susan-marie-smith-9780800697365","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}