This book offers a comprehensive examination of Methodist practice, tracing its evolution from the earliest days up to the present. Using liturgical textsas well as written accounts in popular and private sources, Karen WesterfieldTucker investigates the various rites of worship in Methodism and examines them in relation to American society. "American Methodist Worship is the most comprehensive history of worship among John Wesley's various American spiritual descendents that has ever been written. It will be a foundational book for anyone who wishes to understand how American Methodists have worshipped."-Sacramental Life"This groundbreaking study will help to reshape the way that we think about early American Methodist worship and how it connects to more recent trends."-- The Journal of Religion"Karen Westerfield Tucker's exhaustive examination of the history of AmericanMethodist worship may indeed launch a new genre in liturgical historiography:denominational liturgical histories. The genius of this contribution is its comprehensiveness in examining for the first time the worship life of an American ecclesiological tradition."--Doxology IntroductionThe Lord's Day: The Shape of WorshipThe Lord's Day: Ordinary and PropersThe Great Festivals of the MethodistsThe Rites of Christian InitiationThe Lord's SupperThe Music of Methodist WorshipThe Solemnization of Christian MarriageMethodist FuneralsDevotion and DiscipleshipA House for WorshipRoles in Public WorshipAmerican Methodist Worship: Memory and ModernizationNotesIndex
- ISBN: 978-0-19-977415-9
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 368
- Fecha Publicación: 10/11/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés