Ritual Practices category: 1070 books
by Phillip Kayser
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2018
There are many lengthy books on baptism, but very few brief introductions to the subject. Since each chapter of this book is a transcript of a short baptism homily delivered by Pastor Kayser at his church, this book provides forty brief introductions to the subject of baptism. Because these were all...
Prepare! 2018-2019 NRSV Edition
An Ecumenical Music & Worship Planner
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
An all-in-one resource that helps both the music director and pastor plan the worship services for each Sunday and holy day of the year, the 2018-2019 edition Prepare! is lectionary based and places everything at your fingertips:
Calendar format that helps you plan the entire choir year, from...
Altars for Everyone
Worship Designs on Any Budget
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
The altar sits at the heart of the worship space, reminding everyone that here is where we lift our hearts up to God. Often the altar is decorated, but almost always in the same way: with flowers, candles, or a cross. But what if the altar could be made a more integral part of the worship experience?...
From Memory to Imagination
Reforming the Church's Music
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2012
The relatively recent "worship wars" over styles of worship — traditional, contemporary, or blended — have calmed down, and many churches have now reached decisions about which "worship style" defines them. At a more fundamental level, however, change has yet to begin.
In...
A Watered Garden
Christian Worship and Earth's Ecology
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
This book begins with the classic, ecumenically held patterns of Christian worship and explores them for their deep connections to ecological wisdom, for their sacramental approaches to creation, and for a renewed relationship to the earth now itself in need of God's healing. The Worship Matters Studies...
Law & Gospel in Action
Foundations, Ethics, Church
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2019
Mark Mattes’ hope is not only to secure believers’ consciences in Christ but also to reclaim theological and social turf which mainline Protestants have too quickly ceded to various secular agendas. The collected essays engage the reality of believers’ death and resurrection in Christ, and how...
Liturgia da Palavra II
Reflexões para os domingos, solenidades, festas e memórias
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: January 5, 2015
Este segundo volume traz as reflexões para a celebração litúrgica dos domingos, solenidades, festas e memórias dos santos. Sua linguagem é acessível, de fácil entendimento para a comunidade. Serve para quem deseja aprofundar os textos da liturgia diária, ou meditá-los no dia a dia. Ajuda...
Divine Essence and Divine Energies
Ecumenical Reflections on the Presence of God
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2013
A composite book of essays from ten scholars, Divine Essence and Divine Energies provides a rich repository of diverse opinion about the essence-energy distinction in Orthodox Christianity a doctrine which lies at the heart of the often-fraught fault line between East and West, and which, in this...
by Ngalula Tumba
Language: French
Release Date: December 29, 2015
Language: French
Release Date: December 29, 2015
Ce dictionnaire est non seulement un outil de travail, mais aussi un véritable vade mecum pour tous ceux qui étudient et ceux qui enseignent la liturgie et la théologie des sacrements, pour les agents pastoraux et pour toute personne soucieuse de creuser et de se ressourcer davantage dans ces domaines.
L’homme...
Honest Worship
From False Self to True Praise
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2018
When asked by his son why some churches have smoke machines, worship pastor Manuel Luz found himself responding, "Well, technically, you need smoke machines to see the lasers." But when you take down the smokescreen, what do you have left? Where do we encounter the Holy in the midst of all...
Grazing and Growing
Developing Disciples through Contextualized Worship Arts in Mozambique
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
This book explores the impact of contextualized worship arts on the development of church ministry and missions in urban churches in Beira, Mozambique. This applied research, which took place over the course of two years, focuses on expanding the song-writing workshop model in an effort to enhance...
Christliche Symbole
Glauben verstehen
Language: German
Release Date: August 15, 2012
Woran erinnern Brot und Wein in der Feier des Gottesdienstes? Was bedeutet der Fisch auf dem Auto? Warum werden Kinder mit Wasser getauft? Auf diese und viele andere Fragen nach der Bedeutung der wichtigsten christlichen Symbole gibt das Buch leicht verständliche Antworten.
Lebendige Seelsorge 5/2018
Kirchenaustritt
Language: German
Release Date: October 26, 2018
Selbst in einem Jahr wie 2018, in dem es keine größeren Skandale gegeben hat, in dem man meinen könnte, dass die Kirchen doch (fast) alles richtig gemacht haben, sind die Austrittszahlen enorm hoch. Warum also treten so viele Menschen aus der Kirche aus? Was bedeutet der Kirchenaustritt theologisch?...
Monachisme
Les Grands Articles d'Universalis
Language: French
Release Date: June 27, 2016
Le monachisme, fleur d'Orient et terreau d'Occident, appartient aux religions les plus diverses. Il prend des formes si variées, si différentes, parfois si incompatibles, qu'on doute à leur propos d'une identité d'inspiration …