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Uno de los movimientos más importantes en los campos de Estudios Litúrgicos y Educación Cristiana en los últimos 30 años ha sido un renovado énfasis en cómo las prácticas cristianas modelan la espiritualidad de la congregación y de sus miembros.

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En este taller vamos a explorar cómo las diferentes prácticas cristianas, en especial las prácticas cúlticas, pueden formar a los y las creyentes en la vida y doctrinas cristianas como fieles y fructíferos discípulos y discípulas  de Jesús en un mundo que tanto necesita la gracia restauradora del evangelio.

(Translation: One of the most significant movements in the fields of Liturgical Studies and Christian Education in the last 30 years has been a renewed emphasis on how Christian practices shape individual and congregational spirituality. This workshop explores how different Christian practices, especially worship practices, can form believers in Christian doctrine and life to be faithful and generative disciples of Jesus in a world that so deeply needs the healing grace of the gospel.)

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