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Rejoice and Sing is a completely new collection of hymns and songs for the United Reformed Church. It is the first major hymnbook to draw together the three traditions within the URC and as such represents a significant landmark in the history of the...

This study proceeds historically, from the origins of the Eucharist up to our own day. Unlike most studies of this kind, it includes an introduction to and developmental summary of the diverse Eucharistic liturgies of the Christian East. It also explores...

The new materials for Common Worship are now completed and come into use in the coming year. This second and final volume of commentary covers Daily Prayer, the Weekday Lectionary, Times and seasons, new Patterns for Worship, the Additional Collects,...

Understanding Christian Leadership offers an examination of a distinctly Christian understanding of leadership offering a critical appraisal of insights from secular theories of leadership, exploring biblical and other theological insights into the...

This compact liturgy provides alternative services and prayers for many occasions. It includes: Prayers before Worship; Early Morning Prayer; Morning Prayer; Evening Prayer; Night Prayer; A Service of Marriage; In Praise of Creation; A Funeral Service; A...

Containing completely new material, this user-friendly sequel to the bestselling Intercessions Handbook is for individuals and groups involved in the vital task of leading prayers in public worship. Easy to adapt to particular situations and with a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781591280088Author Jeffrey J MeyersFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Canon PressPublisher Canon PressWeight(grams) 626g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780852441688Author St. BenedictFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint GracewingPublisher GracewingWeight(grams) 197g

A new edition of Gregory Dix's masterpiece, still essenytial reading for students and scholars and in print constantly for fifty years. Dom Gregory Dix's classic account of the development of the Eucharist rite continues to be the definitive and...

BBC Songs of Praise is a compilation of the greatest traditional hymns, the best hymns from today's writers, and the finest examples of contemporary worship songs. It offers to churches and schools the core music required for worship in a wide range of...

The Knights Templar were the most powerful military religious order of the Middle Ages. Formed to protect pilgrims in the Holy Land, they participated in the Crusades and rapidly gained wealth, lands and influence and were answerable to none save the...

As Charles III is crowned King of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth, and Defender of the Faith, this timely book explains the Christian symbolism of the coronation, and the unique significance of Christian monarchy in the history of the British...

What is special about the spirituality of St Francis? Can it be possible for ordinary men and women today, with families, jobs and other responsibilities, to follow in the way of a thirteenth-century friar? Brother Ramon, an Anglican Franciscan friar,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780764824494Author Anthony ChiffoloFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Liguori Publications,U.S.Publisher Liguori Publications,U.S.

This book brings home the dramatic identity of ritual and the religious significance of all kinds of theatre. Historically speaking, religious ritual and theatre appear to have evolved together. But what is the relationship between catharsis and liturgy?...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781434487667Author NevilleFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Wildside PressPublisher Wildside PressWeight(grams) 100g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781885767738Author Peter J LeithartFormat PaperbackImprint Canon PressPublisher Canon PressWeight(grams) 272g

Children are equal members of the Church by virtue of their baptism', writes Stephen Lake 'and therefore should have full access to the sacraments, the signs of God's love, and most especially to the bread and wine of the Eucharist.' This valuable...

The Book of Common Prayer is one of the most influential books in history. First published in the reign of Edward VI, in 1549, it was a product of the English Reformation following the break with Rome. For nearly five centuries, it has formed the order...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781582432540Author Michael DowningFormat PaperbackPage Count 406Imprint CounterpointPublisher CounterpointWeight(grams) 578gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

What would it look like if women built a lectionary focusing on women's stories? What does it look like to tell the good news through the stories of women who are often on the margins of scripture and often set up to represent bad news? How would a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781931018272Author Scott W HahnFormat PaperbackPage Count 183Imprint Emmaus Road Publishing,USPublisher Emmaus Road Publishing,USWeight(grams) 155g

The Templars were members of a monastic order established in 1099 after the success of the First Crusade. Enjoying the support of both the Church and the laity and vowed to poverty, chastity and obedience, these 'fighting monks' were the vital defenders...

There are approximately 10,000 Readers in the Church of England, many serving in parishes, taking services and preaching as well as doing pastoral work, while others engage in a variety of other roles. In recent years many dioceses have put a strong...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780852443293Author Oliver TreanorFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint GracewingPublisher GracewingWeight(grams) 192gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 8mm

Curation is a term usually used in the art world for the role of imagining and overseeing an exhibition or art experience. However the word is now being adopted by people in alternative worship, as it affords a very different and inventive way of...

Indigenous Sustainable Wisdom: First Nation Know-how for Global Flourishing's contributors describe ways of being in the world that reflect a worldview that guided humanity for 99% of human history: They describe the practical traditional wisdom that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780825442520Author Kenneth W OsbeckFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Kregel PublicationsPublisher Kregel PublicationsWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802807403Author Patrick R. KeifertFormat PaperbackPage Count 205Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing...

A classic updated All Desires Known is a classic; it consists of prayers and liturgies and includes a whole set of collects for the ASB lectionary. The formal prayers are written in various traditional forms - some can be linked to specific festival use...

What exactly is an abbey and does it differ from a priory? This book clarifies the seeming confusion by answering these questions and much more besides. This new edition, in a larger format, includes descriptions of over 200 individual sites open to the...

What is the point of the Lectionary? What are the problems and opportunities that it presents to those who use it? What are its strengths and weaknesses as an aid to worship? How can it be used and communicated most effectively today? These are among the...

Drawing on a collection of lectures that Tom Wright delivered from 1999 to 2015, God in Public brings together the message of Jesus - in its larger biblical context - and the challenges of the contemporary public and political worlds. Those new to...

Containing a comprehensive collection of 650 prayers expressed in modern rather then traditional idiom this collection includes prayers for the Church's year, Prayers of Intercession and Prayers for Parish Occasion. An invaluable resource.First published...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739268008Author David W HewittFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Wellsprings CommunityPublisher Wellsprings CommunityWeight(grams) 204gDimensions(mm)...

The traditional edition of the English Hymnal, this volume includes the very best hymnody from medieval plain chant to the early twentieth-century classics. The hymns are grouped according to theme and contain material suitable for any festival or...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780986271311Author Dwight LongeneckerFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Stauffer BooksPublisher Stauffer BooksWeight(grams) 263gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

An authoritative history of the Knights of St. John, from Jerusalem to Malta, told by the bestselling author of The Great Siege. Known by many names through their centuries-long career, The Knights Hospitaller of Saint John dedicated themselves to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611807677Author Mary GordonFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781550025576Author Patricia FanthorpeFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Dundurn Group LtdPublisher Dundurn Group LtdWeight(grams) 439gDimensions(mm)...