Ritual & Practices 79

The relatively recent "worship wars" over styles of worship ー traditional, contemporary, or blended ー have calmed down, and many churches have now reached decisions about which "worship style" def……続きを見る

Drawing on his decades of experience as a pastor, hymn writer, and hymnal consultant, Fred Anderson here offers pastors and worship leaders a rich treasury of singable psalms ー one for each psalm t……続きを見る

What are we doing when we gather around the sacramentsー or when we make the same breakfast every morning? Embodying rituals, says Dru Johnson. And until we understand what we're doing and why, we w……続きを見る

Missiology "A robust and practical theology that integrates worship and mission into a seamless whole." Anglican & Episcopal History "A very useful and insightful text. . . . A remarkable synthesis ……続きを見る

"Celebrating the Lord's Supper," says award-winning author and theologian J. Todd Billings, "can change lives." In this book Billings shows how a renewed theology and practice of the Lord's Supper c……続きを見る

Christianity Today 2023 Book Award Finalist (History & Biography) New forms of worship have transformed the face of the American church over the past fifty years. Drawing on a wide range of primary ……続きを見る

Worship isn’t just something we doーit’s the purpose of our existence. Every week, Christians come together to share a taste of heaven itself, where all of God’s redeemed people will exalt His holy ……続きを見る

St. Robert Bellarmine was one of the best known of the Counter-Reformation theologians by both friend and foe. His apologetic writings were the most widely read treatises on theological subjects dur……続きを見る

An amazing story of worship and evangelism that also offers training in understanding spiritual warfare and the operations of the spiritual realm. "This decade of public praise and worship not only ……続きを見る

A Top Catholic New Testament Scholar on the Rite of Baptism This addition to the Catholic Biblical Theology of the Sacraments series provides readers with a deeper appreciation of God's gifts and ca……続きを見る

Struggle well. Fight for progress. Know the One who has fought for you. The writer of Hebrews says that we are to "throw off everything that hinders" and run “the race marked out for us” (Hebrews 12……続きを見る

Following his insightful book on Silent Prayer, in Prayer in Action Fr Andrzej Muszala examines what St Paul’s edict to ‘Always be joyful, pray constantly’ (1 Th 5:17) means and how it can be lived.……続きを見る

Pray the Pre Vatican II, Traditional Roman Catholic Breviary to sanctify the New Year and lead into Lent, in English totally in order! No back and forth flipping, no excessive clicking, no complex c……続きを見る

"Mas la hora viene, y ahora es, cuando los verdaderos adoradores adorarán al Padre en espíritu y en verdad; porque también el Padre tales adoradores busca que le adoren. Dios es Espíritu; y los que ……続きを見る

Across lines of tradition and denomination, many Christians express a purely propositional sense of belief, focused primarily on the existence of God and facts about Christ, contributing to a transa……続きを見る

Fasting is a powerful way to serve and glorify God. Throughout the Bible we see how fasting and prayer shaped and molded some of God's mightiest people. Today, fasting and prayer is not given the pr……続きを見る

Any serious consideration of Asian American life forces us to reframe the way we talk about racism and antiracism. There are two contemporary approaches to antiracist theory and practice. The first ……続きを見る

Passing the Plate shows that few American Christians donate generously to religious and charitable causes. This eye-opening book explores the reasons behind such ungenerous giving, the potential wor……続きを見る

Perché si canta durante l'offertorio? Cosa dice il celebrante sottovoce quando si inchina? Perché trasformare un sacrificio d'amore (in croce) in una tavolata? A queste e altre domande rispondono le……続きを見る

Perché nelle chiese c'è una doppia porta? Perché salutare un tavolo prima delle persone? Perché chiedere perdono a tutti? A queste e altre domande rispondono le pagine del libro, che si rivolge a ca……続きを見る

Summa Theologica Part III (Tertia Pars) Thomas Aquinas - The Summa Theologiae (Latin: Compendium of Theology or Theological Compendium; also subsequently called the Summa Theologica or simply the Su……続きを見る

What could we accomplish if only we acted more wisely? Could we mitigate the effects of diseases; help the vulnerable feel safer; make progress on justice; cooperate on common problems? We don't see……続きを見る

What is the post-exilic Israelites' destiny? What should they have hoped for? How could they actualize their desired community? This book discusses the identity of the post-exilic Israelite communit……続きを見る

A Devotional, Verse-Memorization Journey Through 52 Key Passages of Scripture. *This 52-week guide through the heart of Scripture is designed so that you can start it at any point in the year. All o……続きを見る

Jesus said, "So you must go and make disciples of all nations. Baptize them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." –Matt. 28:19 (New International Reader's Version) Why di……続きを見る

This unique new translation, the Modern Liturgy of the Hours conforms to the traditional 1960 Calendar of the period while also being rendered into today's English for the use of the clergy and fait……続きを見る

Join author Joel Stepanek on an eye-opening journey through the often unrecognized grace and power that is yours because of your Baptism. Find out what actually happens in the water of Baptism, how ……続きを見る

First published in 1977, Clergy, Ministers and Priests provides the first sociological analysis to have been undertaken in this country of the differences in value orientation between clergy in the ……続きを見る

In the summer of 2019, my wife and I took an incredible adventure and travelled to Spain to participate in the ritual many people before us have done: the Camino del Norte or the Camino Northern Way……続きを見る

Christians give a broad spectrum of answers to the question, "What is worship?" These include ascribing worth to God, performing certain activities during worship services, singing a particular styl……続きを見る