Product Description

This is a work of liturgical theology in which the faith of the Christian community is explored through a study of its worship. The book is significant in doing this from a Free Church perspective. Most ecumenical work on worship has been greatly influenced by those traditions which use written liturgical texts and who give a normative place to the Eucharist. Free Church worship however needs to be studied on its own terms if its ecumenical contribution is to be fully appreciated. Conversely evangelical attention to worship has tended to be pragmatic rather than theological and has not used the insights of liturgical study to understand worship as a key place of spiritual formation or expression. Using a study of Baptist worship, Gathering explores the spitiruality implicit in a worship tradition which to date has received little theological or historical attention.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #501417 in Books
• Published on: 2004-09-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 300 pages

Geoffrey Wainwright, Duke University, USA
'..this engaging book has much to offer historians, liturgists, ecumenists and theologians, and I commend it warmly to them.'

About the Author
Revd Christopher Ellis is the principal of Bristol Baptist College, having previously pastored congregations in various parts of the UK. He currently moderates the Faith and Unity Executive of the Baptist Union, is a member of Worship and Spirituality Commission of the Baptist World Alliance and is a former member of the Joint Liturgical Group of Great Britain. He has written a range of worship resources, authored a book on ecumenical theology and published various articles on worship, ministry and renewal.