| Worship Contributor(s): Underhill, Evelyn (Author) |
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ISBN: 0227172922 ISBN-13: 9780227172926 Publisher: James Clarke Company OUR PRICE: $31.68 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2010 Annotation: A comprehensive study of the nature, characteristics and principles of one of the pillars of Christianity. In the belief that religious experience is the starting point of theological reconstruction, the author analyses here the nature, characteristics and principles of how man relate to God. The book has been divided into two parts and first explores the fundamental characteristics of Christian worship. A second part illustrates the principles previously studied and how they reflect through the history of religion. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - Anthropology - Religion | Christian Rituals & Practice - Worship & Liturgy - Religion | Christian Theology - Ecclesiology |
| Dewey: 248.3 |
| LCCN: 2010294104 |
| Physical Information: 0.92" H x 5.54" W x 8.58" (1.04 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Theometrics - Academic - Theometrics - Mainline |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A reprint of Evelyn Underhill's timeless study on the the nature and principles of worship and the main forms in which they find expression in Christianity. In the belief that religious experience is the starting point of theological reconstruction, the author analyses here the characteristics, principles and nature of how man relates to God. The way and degree in which ritual, symbol, sacrament and sacrifice become part of worship is also examined and, subsequently, its principles are illustrated, as embodied in the main types of cults |