Books in the Liturgy, Worship and Society Series series

Reflects upon Christian worship as it is shaped, and mis-shaped, by human prejudice, specifically by racism. This book traces the development of Protestant worship among whites and blacks, showing that the following exist in tension: African American and European American Protestant liturgical traditions are both interdependent and distinct.

Was Jerusalem, under her bishop Cyril, the source of liturgical innovations in the 4th century or was she simply following trends which also affected the liturgy of neighbouring provinces? Assessing these two propositions in relation to baptism, this work undertakes a comparative analysis of the relevant sources for Palestine, Egypt and Syria.

One of the most carefully prepared liturgies of any Roman Catholic parish's year is the celebration of 'First Communion'. This book examines the relationship between church structures and popular religious identity, viewed through the lens of the first communion event.

This book probes the ways in which turn-of-the-millennium evangelicals in North America have regarded the landscape of participation. Rathe views relevant evangelical literature by looking through a surprising lens borrowed from medieval theology, bringing into focus not only evangelical understandings.

The English Civil War and its aftermath was a time of human devastation, political uncertainty and religious instability. The Church of England had not witnessed such liturgical innovation since Thomas Cranmer, and would not see such creativity again until the end of the twentieth century - at least in terms of liturgical texts.

Drawing on new developments of the study of visitation returns and episcopal life and on primary research in historical records, Anglican Confirmation goes behind the traditional Tractarian interpretations to uncover the understanding and confidence of the eighteenth-century church in the rite of confirmation.

Examines the historical development of the blessing of waters and its theology in the East, with an emphasis on the Byzantine tradition. Exploring how Eastern Christians have sought these waters as a source of healing, purification, and communion with God, this title unpacks their euchology and ritual context.

Presenting a comprehensive survey of the historical underpinnings of baptismal liturgies and theologies, this book presents a survey and discussion of contemporary baptismal rites, practice and reflection, and sacramental theology. It also traces developments through the Reformation.

Three churches have produced liturgies for 'extended communion'. This is the distribution of previously consecrated elements at a public service by lay people or a deacon in the absence of a priest. This book examines these churches to discover the reasons for the production of these services and their theological rationale.

Presents an examination of the inculturation of Christian Worship in India. This book examines the imperatives underlying the processes of inculturation - the dynamic relationship between the Christian message and cultures, and explores the outcomes of those processes in terms of architecture, liturgy and ritual.

Explores the interrelationship of liturgy and architecture from the early Church. This book is suitable for liturgist, clergy, theologians, art and architectural historians, and those interested in the conservation of ecclesiastical structures built for the liturgy.

Gives an account of the internal arrangement of church buildings in Western Europe between 1500 and 2000, showing how these arrangements have met the liturgical needs of their respective denominations, Catholic and Protestant, over this period. This work also includes a chapter looking at the general impact of the Reformation on church buildings.

Presenting a survey of the historical underpinnings of baptismal liturgies and theologies, this book presents an ecumenical and geographical discussion of baptismal rites, practice and reflection, and sacramental theology. It offers the understandings of baptism in the New Testament and the development of baptismal reflection and liturgical rites.

Paul Sheppy argues that the Christian Church should construct its theological agenda on funerary theology and practice in dialogue with the disciplines of medicine, the law, philosophy, psychology and anthropology.

The Liturgies of Quakerism explores the nature of liturgy within a form of worship based entirely in silence.