Theology Department
St. Stephen's
Episcopal School
Austin, Texas
Tradition
-the episcopal church
Curriculum
-theology 12
-theology 8
-theology senior elective
Resources
-books
-community service
-ethics
-human rights, interfaith
dialogue, & peacemaking
-environmental concerns
-historical figures
-larger perspectives
-practice
Contact
please report invalid links to: theology@sstx.org
Practice is a part of every religious tradition, and of spiritual life in general.
For Episcopalians, primary practices
include:
using the Book of Common Prayer,
taking part in certain regular parts of worship -- the sacraments, including Holy Communion, and
sharing the good
news.
A highly structured life of discipline and practice is found at contemplative
Christian communities such
as this one near Georgia O'Keeffe's
old home town in New Mexico, or this one
where Thomas Merton lived, or this one
near Big Sur in California.
Forms of practice
in various traditions include
singing, exemplified by groups as different
as the St. David's
music programs, the Dixie
Hummingbirds, and multiphonic singing by Tibetan
lamas.
Other practices involve moving, such as walking (St. David's Church), dancing,
tai chi with local teacher Jingyu
Guchi, and aikido at Aikido
of Austin.
Still other forms of practice include
serving tea in Japan or England,
practicing archery,
creating gardens.