Gleanings: Essays on Expansive Language with Prayers for Various Occasions
The idea of inclusive and expansive language has been an undercurrent in liturgics for quite a while, but in the past decade or so, it has assumed a place of primary importance. In Gleanings, edited by Ruth Meyers and Phoebe Pettingell, the charge of the Episcopal Church’s General Convention to develop prayers and liturgies incorporating more expansive language is demonstrated both in essay and in useful form.