Here, for the first time, is a comprehensive survey of the history
of the original Book of Common Prayer and all of its descendants
throughout the world. The Oxford Guide to the Book of Common Prayer
shows how a classic text for worship and devotion has become the
progenitor of an entire family of religious resources that have had
an influence far beyond their use in Anglican churches. The tale
begins with the creation of the first Prayer Book in 1549. The
Guide surveys how the Prayer Book developed and took root in
English culture. The story then describes how Anglican missionaries
and others brought the Prayer Book to far corners of the British
Empire. In the twentieth century, Anglican churches throughout the
world began to develop their own, unique versions of the Prayer
Book to serve the needs of their local communities. The Guide
describes the development of indigenous Prayer Books in Africa, the
nations of the Pacific, Asia, North and South America, and Europe.
It explains how, in the dozens of Prayer Books in current use, the
same basic texts - Daily Prayers, the Eucharist, Marriage and
Funerals, and many others - resemble each other, and differ from
each other. Finally, a brief look at the future of "electronic
Prayer Books" offers a glimpse at how this story of development and
adaptation may continue. John Donne, Samuel Johnson, Jane Austen,
T. S. Eliot, W. H. Auden, C. S. Lewis, Dorothy Sayers, and P. D.
James, among many others, worshiped from the Prayer Book, giving it
immense literary influence. The Prayer Book family has created
worship language that remains within Anglican tradition, while
adapting to very different cultural contexts. Prayer Books in New
Zealand, for example, incorporate Maori elements, and ones in
Myanmar use Buddhist prayer forms - just a few of the fascinating
facts in this rich and varied history. In this Guide any reader,
Anglican or not, can learn why The Book of Common Prayer is a
classic of liturgy and literature.
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