Ancient Christian Worship - Early Church Practices in Social, Historical, and Theological

Informationen zum Autor Andrew B. McGowan (PhD, University of Notre Dame), an Anglican priest, is president and dean of the Berkeley Divinity School and J. L. Caldwell McFaddin and Rosine B. McFaddin Professor of Anglican Studies and Pastoral Theology at Yale Divinity School in New Haven, Connecticut. Klappentext An Important Study on the Worship of the Early Church This introduction to the origins of Christian worship illuminates the importance of ancient liturgical patterns for contemporary Christian practice. Andrew McGowan takes a fresh approach to understanding how Christians came to worship in the distinctive forms still familiar today. Deftly and expertly processing the bewildering complexity of the ancient sources into lucid, fluent exposition, he sets aside common misperceptions to explore the roots of Christian ritual practices--including the Eucharist, baptism, communal prayer, preaching, Scripture reading, and music--in their earliest recoverable settings. Now in paper. Zusammenfassung This introduction to the origins of Christian worship illuminates the importance of ancient liturgical patterns for contemporary Christian practice.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew B McGowan, Andrew B. Mcgowan
• Publisher: Baker book house
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2016
• EAN: 9780801097874
• ISBN: 978-0-8010-9787-4
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Fiction > Gift books, albums, perpetual calendars, postcard booklets; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations; Christentum, Geschichte der Religion, Religiöse Institutionen und Organisationen