Introduction to Christian Worship
Description
James White's classic Christian worship text, revised and updated.
The book students of worship have read and re-read is now revised and updated for the first time in more than twenty years.
Author Ed Phillips, one of White's graduate students, is joined by practitioners and teachers from emerging generations, who contribute timely and well-researched material from their own areas of expertise. This new content brings the original up to date, filling significant gaps since the original publication on topics like technology, arts, embodiment in and of worship, pluralism and multiculturalism, denominational changes, and changes in the spaces and forms of worship, including worship in the age of pandemics. This new edition will take its place on the shelf of every student, pastor, and leader of Christian worship.
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- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Diagrams
- Preface
- 1. What Do We Mean by "Christian Worship"?
- The Phenomenon of Christian Worship
- Definitions of Christian Worship
- Key Words in Christian Worship
- Diversity in Expression
- Constancy in Function
- 2. The Language of Time
- The Shaping of Christian Time
- Theology from the Christian Year
- Functioning of the Christian Year
- 3. The Language of Space
- The Functions of Liturgical Space
- History of Liturgical Architecture
- Technology and Virtual Space
- Liturgical Art
- 4. The Sounds of Music for Worship
- Why Do Christians Sing?
- Forms and Functions of Music for Worship
- 5. Daily Public Prayer
- History of Daily Public Prayer
- Theology of Daily Public Prayer
- Practical and Pastoral Aspects of Daily Public Prayer
- 6. The Service of the Word
- History of the Service of the Word
- Theology of the Service of the Word
- Practical and Pastoral Aspects of the Service of the Word
- 7. God's Love Made Tangible
- The History of Reflection on the Sacraments
- New Understandings of Sacraments
- Sacramentality
- 8. Christian Initiation
- The History of Christian Initiation
- Theology of Christian Initiation
- Practical and Pastoral Aspects of Christian Initiation
- 9. The Eucharist
- The History of Eucharistic Practices
- The Eucharist from the Reformation to the Present
- Theology of the Eucharist
- Practical and Pastoral Aspects of the Eucharist
- 10. Occasional Services
- Reconciliation
- Ministry to the Sick
- Christian Marriage
- Ordination and Commissioning
- Rites of Passage and Transition Rituals
- Care of the Dead
- 11. Christian Worship in Global Contexts
- Contributors
- For Further Reading
- Index
