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1 online resource (xvi, 614 pages) : illustrations, map, facsimiles |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Map on lining papers. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 581-595) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : Anglicans and common prayer / Charles Hefling -- 'But one use' : the birth of the classical prayer book. Worship by the book / Kenneth Stevenson. Cranmer and common prayer / Gordon Jeanes. Prayer book 'noted' / Robin A. Leaver. From Elizabeth I to Charles II / Bryan Spinks. Early translations / J. Robert Wright. The 'liturgy of comprehension' / Charles Hefling. Shape of the classical Book of common prayer / J. Neil Alexander. State services / Charles Hefling -- Social and cultural life of the prayer book. Prayer book and the parish church : from the Elizabethan settlement to the Restoration / Judith Maltby. Prayer book and the parish church : from the Restoration to the Oxford movement / Jeremy Gregory. Prayer book architecture / James F. White. Prayer books and printers / Martin W. Hutner. Prayer book as 'sacred text' / Kenneth Stevenson. Prayer book as literature / Paul G. Stanwood -- Prayer book outside England. Plantations, missions, and colonies / William L. Sachs. Prayer book in Anglican churches. (Scotland : Episcopalians and nonjurors / Charles Hefling. Colonies and states of America / Marion J. Hatchett. British North America and Canada / William R. Blott. Southern Africa / Cynthia Botha. Ireland / Brian Mayne). Prayer book and other traditions. (John Wesley and the Methodists / Karen B. Westerfield Tucker. King's Chapel and the Unitarians / Carl Scovel. Churches in the continuing Anglican tradition / Lesley A. Northup. Prayer book and Lutheranism / Philip H. Pfatteicher) -- From uniformity to family resemblance : prayer books in the twentieth century. Winds of change / Colin Buchanan. Prayer book 'crisis' in England / Bryan Spinks. Legacy of the Church of South India / Colin Buchanan. Liturgical movement and its consequences / John F. Baldovin. Preserving the classical prayer books / Colin Buchanan -- Family portraits : prayer books today. Inculturation and Anglican worship / Ian T. Douglas. Rites and books in Africa. (Anglican liturgies in Eastern Africa / Esther Mombo. Anglican church of Kenya / Grant LeMarquand. Church of Nigeria : the Book of common prayer / David C. Okeke. Church of Nigeria : Occasional services / Emmanuel Ekpunobi. Central African prayer books / Titus Presler. Province of Southern Africa / Michael Nuttall. Other African provinces : Burundi, Rwanda, and Congo). Rites and books in the Pacific. (The Anglican church of Australia / Charles Sherlock. Anglican church in Aotearoa, New Zealand, and Polynesia / Kenneth Booth. From Te rawiri to the New Zealand prayer book / Jenny Te Paa. Church of Melanesia / Terry Brown. Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea / Justus VanHouten. Hawaii). Rites and books in the Americas. (The Episcopal Church in the U.S.A. / Lesley A. Northup. Native American translations. Anglican Church of Canada / John W.B. Hill. Indigenous Canadian translations. Province of the West Indies / Charles Hefling. Book of common prayer in Spanish / Juan M.C. Oliver). Rites and books in Asia. (The Episcopal Church in the Philippines / Tomas S. Maddela. Japan : Nippon Sei Ko Kai / John M. Yoshida. Chinese prayer book / Sze-Kar Wan. Anglican Church of Korea / Nak-Hyon Joseph Joo. Province of Myanmar (Burma) / Katherine E. Babson. Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East). Rites and books in Europe. (The Church of England : Common worship / Trevor Lloyd. Scottish Episcopal Church / Gianfranco Tellini. Church in Wales / Robert Paterson. Church of Ireland / Harold Miller. Anglican churches in Europe / Jeffery Rowthorn) -- Worship in the prayer book family. Anglicans and liturgical revision / Richard Geoffrey Leggett. Daily office / John Gibaut. Eucharist / Ronald Dowling. Sanctifying time : the calendar / Leonel L. Mitchell. Rites of initiation / Ruth A. Meyers. Catechisms / James F. Turrell. Marriage / Gillian Varcoe. Funeral rites / Trevor Lloyd. Anglican ordinals / Richard Geoffrey Leggett -- Future of the Book of common prayer. Book of common prayer and technology / Donald Kraus. Prayer book in cyberspace / Clayton L. Morris. Future of common prayer / Pierre W. Whalon. |
| Summary |
The Book of Common Prayer runs like a golden thread through the history of the Church of England and the worldwide Anglican Communion. The Oxford Guide to the Book of Common Prayer is the first comprehensive guide to the history and usage of the original Book of Common Prayer and its numerous descendants throughout the world. It shows how a seminal text for Christian worship and devotion has inspired a varied family of religious resources that have had an influence far beyond their use in the churches of a single tradition. The Guide is unique. In it, experts from every part of the globe and e. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Church of England. Book of common prayer -- History.
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Church of England. |
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Book of common prayer (Church of England) |
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Episcopal Church. Book of common prayer (1979) -- History.
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Episcopal Church. |
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Book of common prayer (Episcopal Church : 1979) |
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Book of common prayer (Church of England) |
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Book of common prayer (Episcopal Church : 1979) |
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Anglican Communion -- Liturgy -- Texts -- History.
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Anglican Communion -- Liturgy -- Texts. |
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History. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Hefling, Charles, 1949-
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Shattuck, Cynthia L., 1947-
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| Added Title |
Guide to the Book of Common Prayer |
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Book of Common Prayer |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Oxford guide to the Book of common prayer. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006 0195297563 9780195297560 (DLC) 2005031846 (OCoLC)62281898 |
| ISBN |
9780199723898 (electronic book) |
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0199723893 (electronic book) |
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0195297628 |
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9780195297621 |
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9780195297621 |
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0195297563 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9780195297560 |
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