Book of Common Prayer: A Guide

The Book of Common Prayer is a sacred text in more than one sense. This brief, accessible survey examines the contents of the Prayer Book, as it is called, especially its principal services, as well as its origins, its revisions, and its sometimes controversial reception as a cultural icon and a focus of identity for Anglican Christianity.

Info autore

Charles Hefling was a professor of systematic theology at Boston College for thirty years and served as editor-in-chief of The Anglican Theological Review. He has also taught at the Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, MA, and in the Diaconal Formation Program of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. He holds three degrees from Harvard University and was ordained to the ministry of The Episcopal Church in 1974.

Riassunto

The Book of Common Prayer is a sacred text in more than one sense. This brief, accessible survey examines the contents of the Prayer Book, as it is called, especially its principal services, as well as its origins, its revisions, and its sometimes controversial reception as a cultural icon and a focus of identity for Anglican Christianity.

Testo aggiuntivo

Hefling traces the progressive attenuation of the idea of the BCP as a mark of Anglican uniformity through successive Lambeth Conference reports.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Hefling , Charles Hefling, Charles (Former Professor of Systematic T Hefling, Charles (Former Professor of Systematic Theology Hefling, Hefling Charles
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9780190689681
• ISBN: 978-0-19-068968-1
• Pagine: 328
• Serie: Guides to Sacred Texts; GUIDES TO SACRED TEXTS SERIES
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