Christian Worship, Rites & Ceremonies

Christmas is not everybody’s favorite holiday. Historically, Jews in America, whether participating in or refraining from recognizing Christmas, ha...

Explore the Surprising and Sometimes Dark Origins of Beloved Holiday Bakes Spice up your season by rolling, molding, and kneading your way through...

The rise of early Christianity has been examined from a myriad of perspectives, but until recently ritual has been a neglected topic. Ritual and Ch...

From cover to cover, this book is full of imaginative, read-to-use liturgies, prayers and service outlines for the Christian year from one of the m...

Gathering together for worship is an indispensable part of your family’s spiritual life. It is a means for God to reveal himself to you and your lo...

The Way of Worship Student Workbook is a practical guide that accompanies The Way of Worship, providing questions for discussion and reflection, as...

Quiet your heart and listen for the loving whispers of God during the Advent season. "The weeks leading up to Christmas are often hectic times pre...

The essays in this book aim to answer the following questions: What was the place of prayer in the early modern world? What did it look and sound l...

Evagrius Ponticus (345-399 n.Chr.) beschreibt in seiner Schrift de oratione das Gebet als eine innere Haltung. Ausführlich geht er auf die Vorausse...

Band 8 der zweisprachigen Ausgabe der Sermones ad populum enthält die längste aller erhaltenen Predigten Augustins, den 1990 in der Mainzer Stadtbi...

This book is devoted to the religiosity of the medieval Christian masses in Central and Eastern Europe and its relationship with the traditional cu...

Confirmation was an important part of the life of the eighteenth-century church which consumed a significant part of the time of bishops, of clergy...

This book explores the part played by music, especially group singing, in the Protestant reforms in Strasbourg. It considers both ecclesiastical an...

The face of the divine feminine can be found everywhere in Mexico. One of the most striking features of Mexican religious life is the prevalence o...

There are many books that explore actual, physical, sacred space and pilgrimage sites. This is a different kind of book. It introduces seven tradit...

In a rich survey encompassing music, art, literature, and architecture, Professor Davies studies the revolution in religious thought and worship in...

A photograph, map, or diagram illustrates the text for every site described in this pilgrimage to Palestine, beginning with places connected with J...

Paul David Tripp shares 52 weekly devotionals about the beauty and significance of church, helping readers fully prepare their hearts for vibrant c...

This uniquely comprehensive reference work provides a global account of the history, expansion, diversity, and contemporary issues facing the Angli...

Band 10 der zweisprachigen Ausgabe der Sermones ad populum bietet die erstmalige deutsche Übertragung der Predigten 42-50 zu den alttestamentlichen...

Why do so many struggle to pray? Dr Pablo Martinez, a medical doctor and psychotherapist, suggests that our basic personality type strongly affects...

This volume demonstrates how, from the beginning of the Atlantic slave trade, enslaved and free Africans in the Americas used Catholicism and Chris...