01757nam a2200277 a 4500 20260119070529.0 2022-03-01 15:25:26 0687034140 0 eng 264.009 J27-W58 White, James F. Author A brief history of Christian worship James F. White U.S.A Abingdon 1993 192tr. Paperback 23cm Most 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. North America -- Religious life and customs https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/ImageCover/2022/3/1/5123CIhrSlL.jpg Cover Image 211001 TKH 7088 7088 0 0 0 0 TVCD TVCD 2026-01-20 0.00 0 TVCD-7088 0.00 BK