Ancient Christian worship : early church practices in social, historical, and theological perspective / Andrew B. McGowan.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan : Baker Academic, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2014]Description: xiv, 298 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780801031526 (cloth)
  • 0801031524 (cloth)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BV 6 .M39 2014
Contents:
Introduction : the origins of Christian worship -- Meal : banquet and Eucharist -- Word : reading and preaching -- Music : song and dance -- Initiation : baptism, anointing, and foot washing -- Prayer : hours, ways, and texts -- Time : feasts and fasts -- Epilogue : the making of Christian worship.
"This introduction to the origins of Christian worship illuminates the importance of ancient Christian worship practices for contemporary Christianity. Andrew McGowan, a leading scholar of early Christian liturgy, 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. Students of Christian worship and theology as well as pastors and church leaders will value this work"-- Provided by publisher.
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"This introduction to the origins of Christian worship illuminates the importance of ancient Christian worship practices for contemporary Christianity. Andrew McGowan, a leading scholar of early Christian liturgy, 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. Students of Christian worship and theology as well as pastors and church leaders will value this work"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-278) and indexes.

Introduction : the origins of Christian worship -- Meal : banquet and Eucharist -- Word : reading and preaching -- Music : song and dance -- Initiation : baptism, anointing, and foot washing -- Prayer : hours, ways, and texts -- Time : feasts and fasts -- Epilogue : the making of Christian worship.

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