Ritual Practices category: 1070 books
Praying with the Senses
Contemporary Orthodox Christian Spirituality in Practice
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2017
How do people experience spirituality through what they see, hear, touch, and smell? Sonja Luehrmann and an international group of scholars assess how sensory experience shapes prayer and ritual practice among Eastern Orthodox Christians. Prayer, even when performed privately, is considered as a shared...
Christianity in Roman Africa
The Development of Its Practices and Beliefs
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
In-depth, illustrated exploration of how early North African Christians lived out their faith
Using a combination of literary and archeological evidence, this in-depth, illustrated book documents the development of Christian practices and doctrine in Roman Africa -- contemporary Libya, Tunisia,...
Faithful Families
Creating Sacred Moments at Home
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
A new and expanded version of Seamless Faith*, now with more than a dozen new spiritual practices and additional resources for parents, kids, grandparents, and communities that care about families!*
Add family faith moments to your daily routine with little or no prep, and share meaningful...
by David Solomon
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2017
Christians celebrate Christmas and Easter believing they are the birth and resurrection days of our Lord Jesus Christ. Christians have also abandoned the original Saturday Sabbath day instituted by Almighty God thousands of years ago as a day to worship and honor Him for Sunday, a day forced upon...
The Common Rule
Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2019
Habits form us more than we form them. The modern world is a machine of a thousand invisible habits, forming us into anxious, busy, and depressed people. We yearn for the freedom and peace of the gospel, but remain addicted to our technology, shackled by our screens, and exhausted by our routines....
Ways to Go Beyond And Why They Work
Seven Spiritual Practices in a Scientific Age
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2019
To go beyond is to move into a higher state of consciousness, to a place of bliss, greater understanding, love, and deep connectedness, a realm where we finally find life's meaning - experiences for which all spiritual seekers seek.
Dr Rupert Sheldrake – best selling author of Morphic Resonance...
The Liturgy of Life
The Interrelationship of Sunday Eucharist and Everyday Worship Practices
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2014
Everyday worship practices—from praying the rosary to moments of recognizing the beauty of God's creation, from being moved by the power of music to praying Vespers on an iPad—not only take place at different locations and during different days of the week but also dynamically interact with one...
Relig-ish
Soulful Living in a Spiritual-But-Not-Religious World
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2016
When it comes to religion, "choose one" is no longer your only option. You can be spiritual-but-not-religious or not particularly religious at all-yet still have a robust system of beliefs and values that guides you. Creating your own set of eclectic spiritual practices is not a sign that...
The Book of Common Prayer: The Texts of 1549, 1559, and 1662
The Texts of 1549, 1559, and 1662
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2011
'In the midst of life we are in death' The words of the Book of Common Prayer have permeated deep into the English language all over the world. For nearly 500 years, and for countless people, it has provided a background fanfare for a marriage or a funeral march at a burial. Yet this familiarity also...
by M. Jennifer Bloxam, Joshua Kalin Busman, Stephen A. Crist
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2017
This essay collection celebrates the richness of Christian musical tradition across its two thousand year history and across the globe. Opening with a consideration of the fourth-century lamp-lighting hymn Phos hilaron and closing with reflections on contemporary efforts of Ghanaian composers to create...
Rehearsing God's Just Kingdom
The Eucharistic Vision of Mark Searle
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
In the course of a teaching and writing career cut too short, Mark Searle (1941-1992) provided a worthy contribution to the study of liturgy. The breadth of his liturgical interests and his desire to integrate a wide range of academic areas with the study of liturgy mark this scholar as a gifted thinker...
by Kathleen Norris
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 1997
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR
“Vivid, compelling... An embrace of moral and spiritual contemplation.” –The New York Times
“A remarkable piece of writing. If read with humility and attention, Kathleen Norris's book becomes lectio divina,...
The Rites and Wrongs of Liturgy
Why Good Liturgy Matters
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2018
We all want to celebrate the liturgy well, to experience good, uplifting, and meaningful worship. But what is the best route to follow? In The Rites and Wrongs of Liturgy, Thomas O’Loughlin offers a way forward that strengthens faith, builds up Christian community, and points toward a new direction...
Pagan Christianity?
Exploring the Roots of Our Church Practices
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
Have you ever wondered why we Christians do what we do for church every Sunday morning? Why do we “dress up” for church? Why does the pastor preach a sermon each week? Why do we have pews, steeples, and choirs? This ground-breaking book, now in affordable softcover, makes an unsettling proposal:...