Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #689358 in Books
• Published on: 2006-09-11
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 246 pages

Synopsis
This title is now in paperback (HB published 1999). It shows how worship activities define the concept "church". It explores: the meaning of the term "church"; the relationship of the local liturgical assembly and other Christian assemblies; the personal and communal charter of the liturgical assembly; and the critical principles of liturgy and culture. It focuses on community and assembly to discuss the sacraments. It is written by a leading scholar in worship and liturgy.

Customer Reviews

A masterpiece of writing about people gathered in prayer
Lathrop continues his excellent study of liturgy, begun with his earlier book "Holy Things", and takes us to the heart of Christian liturgy: a gathered assembly in communal prayer. He shows that it is through active participation that the people become a holy people. He uses insights from human anthropology to develop the importance of the human person in the context of the group, so showing that churches must take account of local cultural forms of expression in the way that they pray. This work above all has something important and worth reading about ecumenical worship: he hopes we will all come to do similar things together, even though they might mean slightly different things to each church.