Ritual Practices category: 1070 books
Discover the Mystery of Faith
How Worship Shapes Believing
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2013
What if the way we worship isn't just an expression of our faith, but is what shapes our faith?
The Church has believed this about the way we worship and pray together for centuries: The way we worship becomes the way we believe. But if this is true, it’s time to take a closer look at what...
by Emma J Wells
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2016
This book leads the modern traveller along seven medieval pilgrim routes of Britain (those with historic origins, rather than modern constructs), taking in world-famous sites such as Canterbury and Lindisfarne in addition to out-of-the-way locations along paths not so widely travelled. Each route...
by Julie Young, Father Eric Augenstein
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
Catholicism has been a prominent Christian sect for more than 1,700 years, and is professed by more than 1.2 billion people worldwide. People outside the faith who seek to understand it sometimes have trouble comprehending its structure, values, traditions, and beliefs. Idiot's Guides: Catholicism...
by Donna Schaper
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 1999
The third in Cowley's Cloister Book series, Sabbath Keeping is a collection of ten meditations, each exploring a different aspect of keeping the sabbath and ending with a prayer. Since it is a difficult art in a society that does not value rest, Schaper encourages small acts of sabbath keeping that...
The Rise and Fall of the Incomparable Liturgy
The Book Of Common Prayer, 1559-1906
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
‘The Peace of God, which passeth all understanding, keep your hearts and minds in the knowledge and the love of God, and of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.’
The Book of Common Prayer, with local variations, is still used in churches inside and outside the Anglican Communion in over 50 countries...
The Accidental Anglican
The Surprising Appeal of the Liturgical Church
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2010
Many are longing for historical connectedness and for theology that is "not tied to the whims of contemporary culture, but to apostolic-era understandings of Christian faith and practice." They also yearn for rhythms and routines that build spiritual health. Still others are responding to...
The Sounds of Our Offerings
Achieving Excellence in Church Music
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2011
The Sounds of Our Offerings is good news about the music of the church. It recounts what has been learned from studying nine congregations where music promotes the full, active, conscious participation of the worshipers and where it has done so consistently and coherently for many years. Pastors and...
Holy Roar
7 Words That Will Change The Way You Worship
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2018
What does it mean to praise God?
In the ancient world, something extraordinary happened when God's people gathered to worship Him. It was more than just singing; it was a declaration, a proclamation, a time to fully embody praise to God for who He is and what he has done. In fact, in the Psalms,...
by Matthew R.S. Todd
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2010
Matthew Todd reflects on two millennia of religious action, reaction, and inaction with the arts. His composition mines the question, "What attitudes have shaped the Church's use of the arts?" The book briefly addresses a range of diverse attitudes encompassing the disciplines of theology, philosophy,...
The Work of the People
What We Do in Worship and Why
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2006
Worship is the work of the people of God. Patterns of worship shape how we pray and how we live. Despite its centrality to church life, worship is too often taken for granted as something a congregation experiences rather than collectively creates. The Work of the People simply and clearly explains...
The Church in Act
Lutheran Liturgical Theology in Ecumenical Conversation
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
The Church in Act explores the dynamics of ecclesial and liturgical theology, examining the body of Christ in action. Maxwell E. Johnson, one of the premier liturgical specialists in the field, provides in this volume historical and doctrinal thinking on a diversity of liturgical subjects under the...
Eucharistic Devotion
Renewing a Timeless Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2002
In the not-too-distant past, visits to the Blessed Sacrament and participation in Forty Hours Devotion were almost extinct practices. Yet today devotion to the Eucharist has regained its popularity as a pathway to a deep and intimate union with the Lord. A new generation of believers is longing for...
The Soul Journey
How Shamanism, Santeria, Wicca, and Charisma Are Connected
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Shamanism, Santería, Wicca, and Charisma are connected via the trance state or ecstasy. Philpotts detail the theology and practices of shamanism, Santería, and Wicca, and then regretfully demonstrate why the proponents of these religions appeal to a form of Christianity.
Theology and Form
Contemporary Orthodox Architecture in America
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2017
How do space and architecture shape liturgical celebrations within a parish? In Theology and Form: Contemporary Orthodox Architecture in America, Nicholas Denysenko profiles seven contemporary Eastern Orthodox communities in the United States and analyzes how their ecclesiastical identities are affected...