02241cam a2200301Ii 4500001001000000003000600010005001700016008004100033020002700074020003000101035002100131040003700152049000900189050001900198100003400217245012900251250001700380260004800397300002500445500005700470504006900527505029600596520077300892650004801665942003101713999001701744952017801761923352145AUA.120160817203738.0151007s2016    miu           000 0 eng d  a0801097878 (paperback)  a9780801097874 (paperback)  a(OCoLC)923352145  aYDXCPbengcYDXCPdBDXdOPVdEXN  aEXNW  aBV6b.M39 20161 aMcGowan, Andrew Brian,d1961-10aAncient Christian worship :bearly church practices in social, historical, and theological perspective /cAndrew B. McGowan.  aPbk edition   aGrand Rapids, MI.:bBaker Academic,cc2016.  axiv, 298 p ;c24 cm.  aHorn Museum items are located at 9047 Old US Hwy 31.  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 263-278) and indexes.0 aIntroduction: the origins of Christian worship -- Meal: banquet and eucharist -- Word: reading and preaching -- Music: song and dance -- Initiation: baptism, anointing, and foot washing -- Prayer: hours, ways, and texts -- Time: feasts and fasts -- Epilogue: the making of Christian worship.8 a"This introduction to the origins of Christian worship illuminates the importance of ancient Christian worship practices for contemporary Christianity. Andrew McGowan, a leading scholar of early Christian liturgy, takes a fresh approach to understanding how Christians came to worship in the distinctive forms still familiar today. Deftly and expertly processing the bewildering complexity of the ancient sources into lucid, fluent exposition, he sets aside common misperceptions to explore the roots of Christian ritual practices--including the Eucharist, baptism, communal prayer, preaching, Scripture reading, and music--in their earliest recoverable settings. Students of Christian worship and theology as well as pastors and church leaders will value this work"-- 0aWorshipxHistoryyEarly church, ca. 30-600.  2lcccBOOKhBV 6i.M39 2016  c15509d15509  00102lcc40708BooksaAUA.1bAUA.1cGSd2016-08-15eBought by JTLg20.95hAUA018946l2oBV 6 .M39 2016pAUA018946r2022-04-04 00:00:00s2022-03-25v20.95w2016-08-15yBOOK