Eucharist and Online Worship

Toward Extended Theological Reflection

Abstract

What are the most crucial theological, ecclesial, and ethical issues for leaders to consider as they reassess eucharistic practices developed during the pandemic and discern faithful ongoing practices in relation to online worship?

With an eye toward providing a venue for public theological discourse and helping church leaders ask even more specific and probing questions, Guest Editors Erik Christensen and Jan Schnell, along with a diverse group of church leaders and scholars, reflect on emergent eucharistic practices in online spaces, raise concerns and questions about them, and articulate promise and potential known through them.

Without determining some "right" way, these essays aid ritual leaders and scholars in reflecting on practices they have encountered, clarifying their own thoughts, and leading assemblies into local and faithful ongoing practices of Eucharist.