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"Unlike liturgical manuals of the past, which were intended specifically for the use of the clergy, this book is directed to a wider audience-to members of parish worship committees, priests, organists and directors of music, lectors, deacons, cantors...

Christians of all denominations are looking today to the ancient discipline of a rule of life to strengthen their sense of living in Christ and participating in a wider community. For the first time the brothers of the Society of Saint John the...

In this exploration of the foundations of Anglican worship, Louis Weil invites the laity to claim their true baptismal role and serve alongside the ordained as ministers and celebrants of the liturgy. He explains how the contribution of the people of God...

In Desiring Life, Norvene Vest brings the insights of Benedict's Rule to the wisdom tradition. Desiring Life is the third book in her series on Benedictine spirituality for people living in the world today. Vest asks questions of pressing concern today,...

Often spirituality today is isolated from church teaching and doctrine, as in Joseph Campbell's treatment of myth and the many forms of New Age theologies, but doctrine apart from the life of prayer is abstract and sterile. In Spiritual Theology Allen...

In this sixth volume of The New Church's Teaching Series, Rebecca Lyman introduces us to the world of the early church. Beginning with the Jewish, Greek, and Roman cultures in which the first followers of Jesus lived and worshiped, she traces the growth...

In this second book in her series on Benedictine spirituality, Norvene Vest brings the insights of Benedict's Rule to the world of work. A gifted interpreter of Benedict's wisdom, Vest examines with empathy and clarity the plight of men and women who...

Christians and non-Christians alike have long recognized that Jesus' life was characterized by vibrancy, love, commitment, clarity, and joy. We all yearn to share in these traits, and by studying Jesus we can discern that he sees in us the potential to...

Louis Weil looks back on his work shaping the liturgical life of the Episcopal Church through his involvement with the development of The 1979 Book of Common Prayer- and looks forward to the future of the church and its liturgical life. Through stories...

Louis Weil looks back on his work shaping the liturgical life of the Episcopal Church through his involvement with the development of The 1979 Book of Common Prayer- and looks forward to the future of the church and its liturgical life. Through stories...

These long-awaited rites have been under discussion by the church for more than six years. Included are public rites, together with prayers for individual and family use, for all of the major stages of human development, from early childhood to...

The newest book in the Little Books on Liturgy series, focused on the intersection of liturgy and formation. Juan Oliver, Custodian of the Book of Common Prayer, outlines why rituals and liturgy have great meaning in forming individuals and communities...

This completely new work replaces the best-selling but woefully outdated Morehouse classic by the same name. This fresh work explains the liturgy in all its aspects for the uninitiated and is written by a respected liturgics scholar in the Episcopal...

At once "travel guide" and vision for the future, the Transformation series is good news for the Episcopal Church at a time of fast and furious demographic and social change. Series contributors - recognized experts in their fields - analyze...

In these meditations on the lesser feasts and fasts of the church calendar Sam Portaro asks the question, "What do these saints and commemorations have to say to Christians today?" His answers are often surprising and always thought-provoking, with fresh...

In this newly updated and revised introduction to the permanent diaconate, Plater includes a history of deacons in the early church, a survey of deacons from the Reformation to the present, stories of modern diaconal ministries, including first-hand...

Of particular interest to scholars and practitioners across the Anglican Communion with contributions from a wide breadth of scholars. Liturgical Spirituality is a collection of Anglican reflections on the spirituality of the liturgy, inviting readers...

Probing the depths of science and faith, scientist Chet Raymo investigates the mysteries of human spirituality and meaning contained in astronomy. Ranging through the stars and the myths humans have told about them for millennia, Raymo delves into "a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780819219664Author Vicki K. BlackFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Morehouse PublishingPublisher Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733716611Author Nick LannonFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Mockingbird Ministries IncPublisher Mockingbird Ministries IncWeight(grams)...

With the sensitivity born of time and experience, Charles Hoffacker presents an unusually warm and caring approach to preaching at a pivotal transition in human life, one which goes to the very heart of the Good News of Jesus Christ. Hoffacker teaches...

Offering a fresh approach to homiletics, David J. Schlafer provides an invitation to preaching by way of metaphor. Starting with the fire of Scripture, and engaging in the work of preaching as play, Schlafer offers new ways of approaching the preaching...

In The Comforting Whirlwind, acclaimed environmentalist and writer Bill McKibben turns to the biblical book of Job and its awesome depiction of creation to demonstrate our need to embrace a bold new paradigm for living if we hope to reverse the current...

In this classic treatise on Christian spirituality, Rowan Williams takes us with a new eye along a road marked out by Paul, John, Ignatius, Irenaeus, Clement of Alexandria, Origen, Athanasius, Basil, Gregory of Nyssa, Augustine, and finally to Luther and...

The New Church's Teaching series has been one of the most recognizable and useful sets of books in The Episcopal Church. With the launch of the Church's Teachings for a Changing World series, visionary Episcopal thinkers and leaders have teamed up to...

I pray in poems explores the intersection of great works of poetry and Christian faith, offering meditations on what these works illustrate about Christian living. Readers will encounter authors as diverse as William Shakespeare, T.S. Eliot, Rumi, Mary...

A foundational volume for seekers in formation programs and a "refresher" study volume for individuals and congregational study groups.We live in a world increasingly separated from the Christian tradition and the basic understanding of the faith that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780819217264Author Peter C. MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Morehouse PublishingPublisher Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780819217264Author Peter C. MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Morehouse PublishingPublisher Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780898699524Author Stephen CottrellFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Church PublishingPublisher Church PublishingWeight(grams) 104g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780898696660Author Edwin Augustine WhiteFormat PaperbackPage Count 502Imprint Church PublishingPublisher Church PublishingWeight(grams) 662g

* A "first person narrative," key to the work and prayer of the current Book of Common Prayer * Appeal to those interested in literature or in the history of the BCP In the nearly 40 years since the advent of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780898699487Author Standing Commission on Liturgy and MusicFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Church PublishingPublisher Church PublishingWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780819233530Author Carter HeywardFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Church PublishingPublisher Church PublishingWeight(grams) 295g

The first book to study the Episcopal high church movement within the context of nineteenth-century American culture. Mullin traces the history of the Episcopal Church from its rise in the early nineteenth century, when it was seen as a refuge from the...

"The old way of "being church"-measured by political influence, money, and congregants in the pews-may indeed be vanishing, but it is being replaced by something new and beautiful for those with the eyes, ears, heart, and soul to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313230905Author S. Charles BoltonFormat HardbackPage Count 220Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780970641717Author Charlotte O. MarshallFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Charlotte Marshall Press,USPublisher Charlotte Marshall Press,USWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780819233691Author Fredrica HarrisFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Church PublishingPublisher Church Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780819232212Author Thomas FergusonFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Morehouse PublishingPublisher Morehouse PublishingWeight(grams) 91g