There has long been a need for a succinct and up-to-date account of the major doctrines and practices of the early church. This book fulfills that need in clearly tracing the emergence of the distinctive elements of the Christian tradition.
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This book examines the way Christians in Jerusalem prayed and how their prayer changed in the face of foreign invasions and the destruction of their places of worship. "The Church of Jerusalem, the 'mother of the churches of God', influenced all of Christendom before it underwe…
"At the heart of life in any medieval Christian religious community was the communal recitation of the daily 'hours of prayer' or Divine Office. This book draws on narrative, conciliar, and manuscript sources to reconstruct the history of how the Divine Office was sung in Anglo-…
'I am increasingly convinced that the decisive question that demands an answer from us is not so much how believers experience the liturgy, but whether believers live from the liturgy they celebrate.' With these few words, Goffredo Boselli captures the essence of this present wo…
"I am increasingly convinced that the decisive question that demands an answer from us is not so much how believers experience the liturgy, but whether believers live from the liturgy they celebrate." With these few words Goffredo Boselli captures the essence of this present wor…
A groundbreaking study into the parallel developments of worship and musical performance in Hindu culture.
