Celebrating Christ's Appearing - Advent To Candlemas

This essential guide offers practical advice for marking Christian festivals and seasons, from All Saints to Candlemas, enhancing daily prayer and community celebrations.

About the author

Simon Jones is Chaplain and Fellow of Merton College, Oxford, and also teaches liturgy at the Faculty of Theology in the University of Oxford. Ben Gordon-Taylor lectures in liturgy and ecclesiology at the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield, and was formerly a curate in Launceston and in Northampton, and Chaplain and Fellow at University College, Durham. They are jointly authors of Celebrating the Eucharist, and contributed chapters to The Use of Symbols in Worship, both published by SPCK in the Alcuin Liturgy Guides series.

Summary

Considers the practicalities of celebrating the liturgical year from the point of view of the liturgical president and other liturgical ministers (eg the deacon at the Easter Vigil), and with particular reference to "Common Worship Times and Seasons" material. This book also considers material from the wider Western tradition where appropriate.

Product details

• Authors: Ben Gordon-Taylor, Benjamin Gordon-Taylor, Simon Jones
• Publisher: O'Reilly
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.09.2008
• EAN: 9780281059782
• ISBN: 978-0-281-05978-2
• No. of pages: 160
• Weight: 172 g
• Illustrations: ill
• Series: Alcuin Club
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / Worship & Liturgy, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, Christian liturgy, prayerbooks & hymnals, Prayers and liturgical material