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The Oxford Guide to the Book of Common Prayer - A Worldwide Survey (Paperback)
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The Oxford Guide to the Book of Common Prayer - A Worldwide Survey (Paperback)
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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 every branch of Anglicanism, as well as from the Lutheran,
Roman Catholic, Methodist, and Unitarian traditions, provide an
unparalleled examination of The Book of Common Prayer and its
lineage. Much more than simply a history, this volume describes how
Anglican churches at all points of the compass have developed their
own Prayer Books and adapted the time-honored Anglican liturgies to
their diverse local cultures. In the dozens of editions now in use
throughout the world, the same texts--Daily Prayers, the Eucharist,
Marriage and Funerals, and many others--resemble each other, and
yet differ from each other in interesting ways. A brief look at
"electronic Prayer Books" offers a glimpse at how this story of
development and adaptation may continue in the Information
Age.
From 1549 to the twenty-first century, The Oxford Guide to the
Book of Common Prayer offers a fascinating journey through the
history and development of a classic of world literature.
"A wonderful and useful book. This book asks all the important
questions and provides essential material for those who are looking
foranswers."
--(The Rev.) Christopher Webber, The Living Church
"It is well conceived physically, graced with both illustrations
of historic prayer books and text boxes from the liturgies being
discussed, which are a significant help to the reader. This
authoritative guide to the Book of Common Prayer as it once was and
has now become will well serve anyone interested in Anglicanism or
the prayer book tradition."
--Christian Century
"The editors have assembled a roster of authors that is a
veritable who's who among Anglican liturgical scholars. [They] have
provided a service to the entire Communion by editing this
worldwide survey of the Book of Common Prayer."
--Frank C. Senn, Anglican Theological Review
"Hefling and Shattuck have kept a tight hand; they have maintained
narrative interest, eliminated overlaps, discreetly filled holes
themselves. Excerpts from specimen prayers and documents are given
in boxes on the page. In a big book, room has been found for thirty
black-and-white illustrations, a chronology, a glossary, a
bibliography, a good index, and a world map in the
endpapers."
--John Whale, Times Literary Supplement
"Monumental and magnificent! This Guide makes clear why The Book
of Common Prayer is both a religious and a literary
masterpiece."
--Phyllis Tickle
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