{"product_id":"ancient-christian-worship-early-church-practices-in-social-historical-and-theological-perspective-paperback-1","title":"Ancient Christian Worship: Early Church Practices in Social, Historical, and Theological Perspective - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew B. McGowan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Important Study on the Worship of the Early Church\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis introduction to the origins of Christian worship illuminates the importance of ancient liturgical patterns for contemporary Christian practice. Andrew McGowan takes a fresh approach to understanding how Christians came to worship in the distinctive forms still familiar today. Deftly and expertly processing the bewildering complexity of the ancient sources into lucid, fluent exposition, he sets aside common misperceptions to explore the roots of Christian ritual practices--including the Eucharist, baptism, communal prayer, preaching, Scripture reading, and music--in their earliest recoverable settings. Now in paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of our best liturgical historians has written the book we hoped he would. In readable and engaging prose, \u003ci\u003eAncient Christian Worship\u003c\/i\u003e draws together a quarter century of recent scholarship on the origins of Christian worship. It will soon be required reading for anyone interested in the critical study of the ancient Christian church, including students and scholars of the New Testament and Late Antiquity.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eCharles A. Bobertz\u003c\/b\u003e, St. John's University \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The proliferation of detailed studies of ancient Christian worship leaves nonspecialists in want of a reliable and well-researched survey. Andrew McGowan comes to our aid in this splendid volume. Informed by an expert knowledge of the field and a keen methodological awareness, yet writing with a clarity that renders the work accessible to any educated reader, McGowan surveys the early Christians' communal eating and drinking, teaching and preaching, song and dance, initiation and prayer, and feasts and fasts. He gives due attention to the diversity attested in the first four centuries but also recognizes commonalities discernible in the sources. When students inquire about early Christian worship, this will now be the book I recommend as the starting point for serious research.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eJeffrey Peterson\u003c\/b\u003e, Austin Graduate School of Theology \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAncient Christian Worship\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderfully broad but deep introduction to the sources and complex history of early Christian liturgical traditions. Readers will find here not only an astute interpretation of the backgrounds and foregrounds of early liturgy but also a vivid demonstration of what the various components of early worship services actually looked and sounded like. Here indeed is a treasury of insights into the formative theology of worship.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003ePaul Blowers\u003c\/b\u003e, Emmanuel Christian Seminary\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsistently learned and insightful, Andrew McGowan offers a comprehensive introduction to the worship life of early Christians. He covers an impressive range of primary materials and deftly sifts through the scholarly debates surrounding them, preparing an easily accessible feast for anyone interested in the origins and multifold forms of early Christian liturgical practice.\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eHarold W. Attridge\u003c\/b\u003e, Yale Divinity School\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is the book that I wish I had written, but Andrew McGowan has done it so much better. Easily accessible to a nonspecialist reader, it nevertheless contains the fruit of the most up-to-date academic scholarship. Anyone wanting a reliable and comprehensive introduction to the practices of the early Christians must start here.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003ePaul Bradshaw\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Notre Dame\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAncient Christian Worship\u003c\/i\u003e is the book that scholars, teachers, and students of early Christianity and liturgical history have long needed. Andrew McGowan provides an authoritative, accessible, and up-to-date synthesis of what we know (and do not know) about the worship lives of the ancient Christians. Anyone interested in the early church or Christian liturgy will learn from this gracefully written and clearly argued book.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eDavid Brakke\u003c\/b\u003e, Ohio State University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Andrew McGowan provides a clear and beautifully written introduction to ancient Christian worship. All readers, from beginners to those more advanced, will be rewarded by both his erudition and his insight. This work justifiably will be cherished by students and teachers alike for generations to come.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eRobin Jensen\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Notre Dame; author of \u003ci\u003eBaptismal Imagery in Early Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAncient Christian Worship\u003c\/i\u003e provides pastors, students, and interested readers with a lively, detailed account of how Christians ate together, prayed, read Scripture, and celebrated with song and dance from New Testament times to the fourth-century basilica churches. The story of diversity and change will encourage twenty-first-century believers struggling with church renewal.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003ePheme Perkins\u003c\/b\u003e, Boston College\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Essential for the study of early Christianity.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eLarry Hurtado\u003c\/b\u003e, (larryhurtado.wordpress.com)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"McGowan's book will remain a most valuable companion for the study of early Christian liturgy for a long time to come.\"\u003cbr\u003e--\u003cb\u003eJohn F. Baldovin, SJ\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTheological Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew B. McGowan\u003c\/b\u003e (PhD, University of Notre Dame), an Anglican priest, is president and dean of the Berkeley Divinity School and J. L. Caldwell McFaddin and Rosine B. McFaddin Professor of Anglican Studies and Pastoral Theology at Yale Divinity School in New Haven, Connecticut.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 312\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 05, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42592082985056,"sku":"9780801097874","price":62.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/V0FsYUsxUGVWOFUyWFkrMXN1OGZTUT09.webp?v=1771419318","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/ancient-christian-worship-early-church-practices-in-social-historical-and-theological-perspective-paperback-1","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}