Liturgy And Worship from Eden Theological Seminary Bookstore

Drawing on years of teaching experience, James F. White provides a unique, comprehensive overview of Protestant worship by examining the origins, development, and present characteristics of various Protestant groups. This study of Protestant worship is an excellent resource for seminary professors and students, clergy, church historians, and laypersons.

New item; top edge of back cover has a small abrasion. | This timely and provocative book asks whether the widespread falling away of the appeal of religious worship is connected with the simplification of liturgical practice over recent decades. Has a well-meant policy of making the language and style of worship more accessible resulted in a loss of the… Read more about this item

Good condition. Text may exhibit pencil or pen markings and highlighting. | In Liberating Rites, Tom Driver illuminates the role of ritual by removing it from its liturgical wrappings and presenting it as something raw, basic, and central to all living beings. He then examines the varied ways humans use ritual to give order to their lives, to provide a… Read more about this item

Imagine a liturgy in which a woman, tired of carrying around years of anger and resentment, buries a large rock in the ground as five of her closest friends surround her, singing hymns of praise and forgiveness. Gathered together is a compassionate how-to-guide for creating and conducting personal liturgies (specialized services focused on one individual) of healing and celebration. Tilda… Read more about this item

Columbia Series in Reformed Theology This premier work considers the development of the doctrine of baptism in the Reformed Tradition. In Light of this historical study, Riggs offers an analysis and critique of the baptismal rite found in the [Presbyterian] Book of Common Worship. Here he considers the structure of the rite, its liturgical material, and offers an historical perspective on… Read more about this item