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Ancient Christian worship

Name: Ancient Christian worship
Author: Andrew Brian McGowan

Andrew Brian McGowan

01 February 2016

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Book Synopsis

An Important Study on the Worship of the Early Church This introduction to the origins of Christian worship illuminates the importance of ancient liturgical patterns for contemporary Christian practice. Andrew McGowan 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. Now in paper.

About The Author

Andrew B. McGowan (PhD, University of Notre Dame), an Anglican priest, is president and dean of the Berkeley Divinity School and J. L. Caldwell McFaddin and Rosine B. McFaddin Professor of Anglican Studies and Pastoral Theology at Yale Divinity School. He previously served as warden of Trinity College, University of Melbourne, and is the author of Ascetic Eucharists: Food and Drink in Early Christian Ritual Meals.

Product Details

ISBN: 9780801097874
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Baker Academic, (01 February 2016)
Number of Pages: 312
Weight: 499 grams
Language: English
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 22 mm
Categories:: Christianity