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The Oxford History of Christian Worship by Geoffrey Wainwright (eds.); Karen B. Westerfield Tuker (eds.) is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Oxford History of Christian Worship about?
The Oxford History of Christian Worship is 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 new book will examine 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. Following contemporary trends in scholarship, it will cover social and cultural contexts, material culture and the arts. 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.
Who reads The Oxford History of Christian Worship?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Geoffrey Wainwright (eds.); Karen B. Westerfield Tuker (eds.)
- Publisher
- IRL Press at Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780195138863
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Religion, Christian, History
- Rating
- 4.7 / 5 (59 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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