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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821363003321

Autore

Westerfield Tucker Karen B (Karen Beth), <1954->

Titolo

American Methodist worship / / Karen B. Westerfield Tucker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001

ISBN

9780198029267

0198029268

0-19-983475-X

0-19-045420-2

0-19-530207-9

0-19-802926-8

9786610530366

1-280-53036-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xiv, 345 p. : ill

Collana

Religion in America series

Disciplina

264/.07/00973

Soggetti

Methodist Church - United States - Liturgy

Public worship

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-335) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The Lord's Day: The Shape of Worship -- 2 The Lord's Day: Ordinary and Propers -- 3 The Great Festivals of the Methodists -- 4 The Rites of Christian Initiation -- 5 The Lords Supper -- 6 The Music of Methodist Worship -- 7 The Solemnization of Christian Marriage -- 8 Methodist Funerals -- 9 Devotion and Discipleship -- 10 A House for Worship -- 11 Roles in Public Worship -- 12 American Methodist Worship: Memory and Modernization -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Photo gallery.

Sommario/riassunto

This book offers a comprehensive examination of Methodist practice, tracing its evolution from the earliest days up to the present. Using liturgical texts as well as written accounts in popular and private sources, Karen Westerfield Tucker investigates the various rites and seasons of worship in Methodism and examines them in relation to



American society.