01703nam a2200253 a 450000500170000000800200001702000150003704100100005208200120006208200120007410000200008610000110010624500410011724500190015826000100017726000130018726000090020030000110020930000140022030000090023452010690024365000480131285600890136020260119070529.02022-03-01 15:25:26  a0687034140  a0 eng  a264.009  bJ27-W58  aWhite, James F.  eAuthor  aA brief history of Christian worship  cJames F. White  aU.S.A  bAbingdon  c1993  a192tr.  bPaperback  c23cm  aMost histories of Christian worship are written as if nothing significant in liturgical history ever happened in North America, as if cultural diversities were insignificant in the development of worship, and as if most of what mattered were words the priest or minister addressed to God. This book is a revisionist work, attempting to give new direction to liturgical history by treating the experience of worship of the people in the pews as the primary liturgical document. It means liturgical history written facing the other way--that is, looking into the chancel rather than out of it. Relishing the liturgical diversity of recent centuries as firm evidence of Christianity's ability to adapt to a wide variety of peoples and places, Professor White shows that this tendency has been apparent in Christian worship since its inception in the New Testament churches. Instead of imposing one tradition's criteria on worship, he tries to give a balanced and comprehensive approach to the development of the dozen or more traditions surviving in the modern world.  aNorth America -- Religious life and customs4 uhttps://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/3/1/5123CIhrSlL.jpgyCover Image