Distinguished liturgical historian and theologian Frank Senn here ventures behind the liturgical screen, behind the texts, and behind the rubrics to reconstruct the everyday religious expression in Christian history. Senn's magisterial Christian Liturgy: Catholic and Evangelical (1997) has been widely hailed not only for its comprehensive ......
Holy Ground illumines how the central symbols and interactions of Christian liturgy yield a new understanding and experience of the world and contribute to a refreshed sense of ecological ethicsa Christian sense of the holiness of the earth itself.
Blessings were an integral and vital element of medieval Christian life and worship. Benedictions for homes and workplaces, the knight and the pilgrim, the city under siege, and the fetus in the womb, are but a small sample of the multitudinous and fascinating extra-sacramental blessings that fill the leaves of the liturgical books of the medieval ......
Brings together the contemporary scholarship on ritual theory and practice, Eucharistic origins, the Eucharist and eschatology, the Eucharist and world hunger, the global economy, and the dynamics of torture in a dramatic vision of the transformative power of the Eucharist for our world.
This title examines how worship is, and should be, at the center of the assembly. Contributors look at the historical and contemporary factors that infuence how and why we worship the way we do. An essential resource for pastors, worship leaders and laity.
Most of us hear Bible readings on Sunday, and most of us want help continuing to connect with the Bible throughout the week. This new resource, crafted by the group behind the Revised Common Lectionary, helps lay and ordained believers read the Bible in a way that resonates with the RCL. Thursday through Saturday readings help prepare the reader ......
A concise, clear, straightforward introduction to the way that Christian communities have organized their reading of scripture in worship. The Worship Matters Studies Series examines key worship issues through studies by pastors, musicians, and lay people from throughout the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Features include: > ......
When Innocent III became pope in 1198 he announced that he had been elevated to a position ""between God and man"". This audacious claim has often been quoted to characterize the papal monarchy over which he presided and the secular powers he wielded for the 18 years of his controversial tenure. The sermons presented in this collection cast a ......
Including over 260 brief biographies, and 33 entries, as well as a glossary of terms that help to explain the theology of the Roman Catholic Church, this title introduces the faithful to the day's feast or to the saint whose memorial is being celebrated.
