Author: WAINWRIGHT, GEOFFREY, [EDITOR.]
Title: The Oxford history of Christian worship / Geoffrey Wainwright, Karen B. Westerfield Tucker, editors
Description: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press 2006. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and strong. Literally as new.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 916 pages; A comprehensive and authoritative history of the origins and development of Christian worship to the present day. Backed by an international roster of experts as contributors. this book examines the liturgical traditions of Orthodox. Catholic. and Protestant. and Pentecostal traditions throughout history and across the world. With 240 photographs and 10 maps. the full geographical spread of Christianity is covered. including Europe. North America. Latin America. Africa. East Asia. and the Pacific. Written to be accessible to the educated layperson. this unique and beautiful volume will also appeal to clergy and liturgists and more generally to students and scholars of the liturgy. Christian theology. church history. and world history. 'A masterful work that is both ecumenical and international in scope and content. There is no other work in English comparable to this volume.' --Catholic Library World. Physical description: xvi. 916 p. : illus. (some colour) ; 26 cm.ISBN: 0195138864. Weight in Kg appr.:

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