Early Christian Worship: A Basic Introduction to Ideas and Practice: Second Edition - Softcover

Bradshaw, Paul F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0814633668 ISBN 13: 9780814633663

Publisher: Liturgical Press, 2010

Synopsis

Early Christian Worship is a straightforward, readable introduction to worship in the first four centuries of the church's existence. How did early Christians see and understand their own worship? How did this interact with early Christian beliefs? The book has been brought up-to-date and revised, with some chapters rewritten and an updated bibliography.

Paul F. Bradshaw is professor of liturgy at the University of Notre Dame, and priest-vicar of Westminster Abbey and a member of the Church of England Liturgical Commission. He is the author or editor of several major books (The Search for the Origins of Christian Worship, Eucharistic Origins, Reconstructing Early Christian Worship, The Study of Liturgy, A Companion to Common Worship, volumes 1 and 2).

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About the Author

Paul F. Bradshaw is emeritus professor of liturgy at the University of Notre Dame and an Anglican/Episcopal priest. The author or editor of over thirty books and of more than 120 articles and essays, he is also a past president both of the North American Academy of Liturgy and of the international Societas Liturgica. From 1987 to 2005 he was editor-in-chief of the scholarly journal Studia Liturgica.

 

Edition details

• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0814633668
• ISBN 13: 9780814633663
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 112