Ritual Practices category: 1070 books
by James F. White
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
The sacraments were a major factor in the Reformation of the sixteenth century. Ever since, they have been an important part of Protestant church life. Major changes have occurred in our time as most traditions have revised their sacramental rites and experienced many changes in sacramental practices....
Reformation and Modern Rituals and Theologies of Baptism
From Luther to Contemporary Practices
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Presenting a comprehensive survey of the historical underpinnings of baptismal liturgies and theologies, Bryan Spinks presents an ecumenically and geographically wide-ranging survey and discussion of contemporary baptismal rites, practice and reflection, and sacramental theology. Writing within a...
The Eternal Current
How a Practice-Based Faith Can Save Us from Drowning
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2018
A call for Christians to move past the shallows of idealized beliefs and into a deeper, more vibrant, beatitude-like faith rooted in sacred practices and intimate experiences with God.
When the limits of his own faith experience left him feeling spiritually empty, Niequist determined God must...
Behold the Mystery
A Deeper Understanding of the Catholic Mass
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
As Catholics, the Mass should be a mountaintop experience for us. Often, though, we go through the motions at Mass without an appreciation for what has really happened. Popular speaker and author Mark Hart helps Catholics move beyond the repetition and ritual to see the Mass for what it really is:...
Missional Worship
Increasing Attendance and Expanding the Boundaries of your Church
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2011
The number one question worship leaders ask is: "how can we increase worship attendance in our church?" At least that is the question behind every other question that is posed. Here's the simple answer: It's all about the worship. It's all about you seeking after God each day by incorporating...
GodSpace
Embracing the Inconvenient Adventure of Intimacy with God
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Think you don't have time or space for spiritual stuff? That intimacy with God is impossible?
Here's how-in the life you already live-you can make time and space for God.
GODSPACE offers seven practices that help busy Christians pay attention to God. They help us align our sometimes...
by Bruce T. Morrill, SJ
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Draws upon the best of recent biblical, historical, and theological sources to explore how Christ is present in the celebration of the Eucharist in the assembly, presiding minister, biblical word, and ritual sacrament.
Traditions of the Ancients
Vintage Faith Practices for the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2006
What was old is new and relevant again. For many Christians today, the growing desire for a deeper faith experience is being met in the study and application of ancient worship practices. Traditions of the Ancients is filled with candidly informative looks at such themes as mysticism, praying for the gift of tears, reciting the Jesus prayer, and asking God for the gift of bereavement.
by Yashi Nozawa
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2014
A non-fiction brief history of Christmas and associated interesting problems. The author treated the subject as a simple historical event of his research object, so this book is not a religious book as its title might suggest. The first chapter focuses on discovering the origin of a Christmas celebration...
Exorcising Preaching
Crafting Intellectually Honest Worship
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2014
Exorcising Preaching delivers an urgent call to expel unhealthy practices from sermons, liberating the preacher and the people. Nathan C. Walker reflects on ways to replace harmful habits with healing disciplines that reawaken the craft of preaching.
Exorcising Preaching is a result of the...
Lovin' on Jesus
A Concise History of Contemporary Worship
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
Swee Hong Lim and Lester Ruth have filled an important gap in the study of worship. Lovin’ on Jesus: A Concise History of Contemporary Worship is the first scholarly work of its kind on this topic. Lim and Ruth trace the origins and development of what we commonly call contemporary Christian worship,...
Mystagogy of the Eucharist
A Resource for Faith Formation
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
Explore the deeper meaning of Eucharistic celebration with a highly regarded expert on liturgy. In Mystagogy of the Eucharist Gilbert Ostdiek, OFM, draws on ritual actions, liturgical symbols, prayer texts, and reflective commentary to help participants in the liturgy name and reflect on the meaning...
by Stuart Christie
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Stuart Christie looks at the history and power base of the ‘Brotherhood’— the West’s largest secret society. If secrecy is to be considered a factor in British politics and commerce then without doubt Freemasonry is one of its principal vehicles. Freemasonry is the largest semi-covert organisation...
Mighty Stories, Dangerous Rituals
Weaving Together the Human and the Divine
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2019
Shaping our journey into the Divine
This moving and enlightening book presents us with a compelling vision of what can happen when we take the opportunity to connect stories and rituals--a vision of individuals and communities transformed through a deeper sense of connection to our loved ones,...