02319nam 2200469 450 991080762970332120170919174508.00-7618-6762-7(CKB)3710000000648302(EBL)4505271(MiAaPQ)EBC4505271(EXLCZ)99371000000064830220160517h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierSecularizing the sacred the demise of liturgical wholeness : a case study of liturgical minimisation in the Presbyterian Church of Australia /John E. Webster and Ronald S. LauraLanham, Maryland :University Press of America, Inc,2016.©20161 online resource (228 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7618-6761-9 Includes bibliographical references.Contents; Introduction; 1 Socio-Political Patterns in Early Presbyterianism in New South Wales; 2 Defining the Practice of Worship in the Presbyterian Church; 3 The Climax of Calvinist Liturgical Development in New South Wales; 4 A Brief History of the Theological Aetiology of Liturgical Minimization; 5 Minimization since 1977 in the Presbyterian Church of Australia; 6 Towards an Epistemology of Worship; 7 Towards a Reconstruction of Theological Education; Conclusion; Bibliography; About the AuthorsWestern culture has come to secularize the sacred, while at the same time sacralizing the secular. This book shows the debilitating effects that this paradox has had on the foundations of Christian worship with special reference to the changing worship patterns the Presbyterian Church in Australia.Presbyterian ChurchAustraliaHistoryTheologyStudy and teachingAustraliaChurch historyCase studiesPresbyterian ChurchHistory.TheologyStudy and teaching.285.0994Webster John E.1683856Laura R. S(Ronald S.),MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910807629703321Secularizing the sacred4054950UNINA