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The Oxford History of Christian Worship

The Oxford History of Christian Worship Hardcover - 2006

by Wainwright, Geoffrey & Karen B. Westerfield Tucker

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This text is a comprehensive and authoritative history of the origins and development of Christian worship to the present day. Backed by an international roster of experts as contributors, it examines the liturgical traditions of Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant, and Pentecostal.

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New York, NY: Oxford University Press. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 2006. 1st Edition (Unstated); First Printing. Hardcover. 10.26 X 2.15 X 7.2 inches; 916 pages; Heavy item; additional shipping may be required for priority or international orders.Rubbing (shelf wear) to DJ. Very Good condition. No noteworthy defects. No markings.; - We offer free returns for any reason and respond promptly to all inquiries. Your order will be packaged with care and ship on the same or next business day. Buy with confidence. .
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  • Title The Oxford History of Christian Worship
  • Author Wainwright, Geoffrey & Karen B. Westerfield Tucker
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st Edition (Unstated); First Printing
  • Condition Used - Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket
  • Pages 960
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, New York, NY
  • Date 2006
  • Features Dust Cover, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # HVD-39462-OS-0
  • ISBN 9780195138863 / 0195138864
  • Weight 4.25 lbs (1.93 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.26 x 7.2 x 2.15 in (26.06 x 18.29 x 5.46 cm)
  • Themes
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
  • Library of Congress subjects Public worship
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005021054
  • Dewey Decimal Code 264.009

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The Oxford History of Christian Worship is a comprehensive and authoritative history of the origins and development of Christian worship to the present day. Backed by an international roster of experts as contributors, this new book will examine the liturgical traditions of Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant, and Pentecostal traditions throughout history and across the world. With 240 photographs and 10 maps, the full geographical spread of Christianity is covered, including Europe, North America, Latin America, Africa, East Asia, and the Pacific. Following contemporary trends in scholarship, it will cover social and cultural contexts, material culture and the arts.

Written to be accessible to the educated layperson, this unique and beautiful volume will also appeal to clergy and liturgists and more generally to students and scholars of the liturgy, Christian theology, church history, and world history.

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  • American Reference Bks Annual, 01/01/2006, Page 579
  • Choice, 06/01/2006, Page 1843
  • Christian Century, 11/27/2007, Page 36
  • Ingram Advance, 06/01/2005, Page 1147
  • Library Journal, 02/01/2006, Page 83

About the author

Geoffrey Wainwright is an ordained minister of the British Methodist Church, in addition to being the Cushman Professor of Christian Theology at Duke University Divinity School. He is the author of Doxology: The Praise of God in Worship, Doctrine, and Life (Oxford, 1980), coeditor of The Study of Liturgy (revised edition, Oxford and SPCK, 1992).

Karen Westerfield Tucker is a United Methodist elder in the Illinois Great Rivers Conference, Professor of Worship at Boston University School of Theology, and Chair of the Worship and Liturgy Committee for the World Methodist Council. She is also Assistant Editor of Studia Liturgica journal.

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