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Author Stringer, Martin D.

Title A sociological history of Christian worship / Martin D. Stringer.

Publication Info. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 268 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-255) and index.
Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction Discourse, devotion and embodiment; Chapter 1 Early Christian worship, texts and contexts to AD 300; Chapter 2 Worship and the Christianisation of public space, 300-600; Chapter 3 Hegemonic discourses in the worship of empires, 600-900; Chapter 4 The dominant discourse of cosmological Christianity, 900-1200; Chapter 5 Accessing the demotic discourses of devotion, 1200-1500; Chapter 6 Worship and the rise of humanistic discourses, 1500-1800; Chapter 7 The globalisation of Christian worship, 1800-2000.
Summary A 2000 year history of Christian worship in its social contexts around the globe combining sociological theory, social history and the latest developments in the study of liturgy. The focus of this book sets it apart from existing studies which tend to offer textual or theological approaches to worship.
Access Online version licensed for access by U. of T. users.
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Subject Worship -- History.
Worship.
History.
Worship -- Sociological aspects.
Religion and sociology.
Religion and sociology.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Stringer, Martin D. Sociological history of Christian worship. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005 0521819555 0521525594 (DLC) 2004057069 (OCoLC)56192354
ISBN 0511126085 (electronic book)
9780511126086 (electronic book)
0511125224
9780511125225
0521819555 (hardcover)
0521525594 (paperback)
9780521819558
0521819555
9780521525596
0521525594
Standard No. 9780521819558 (hb.)
9780521525596 (pb.)