Watching and Waiting - A Guide to the Celebration of Advent (Paperback)

Awareness of the liturgical seasons of the year has increased greatly in recent years, as the popularity of the "Common Worship Times and Seasons" volume has illustrated. Churches are constantly looking for ways to enrich their seasonal celebrations, and the first point of better celebration is better understanding. Of all the seasons, Advent is the least understood, the least studied. An entirely Western phenomenon without much of a preaching or liturgical tradition, it is characterised as much by its folk customs - the advent wreath and the Feast of St Nicholas - as by its biblical themes. Here is a book that helps to create a fuller theology of Advent. Kenneth Stevenson characteristically draws on biblical, historical and liturgical evidence to show how the churches have understood and kept Advent down the centuries, and finds that the season has much to say to contemporary concerns in today's church and world, from how we do mission to Richard Dawkins' brand of atheism and a surprising number of issues in between.

General

Imprint:	Canterbury Press Norwich
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2007
First published:	June 2008
Authors:	Kenneth Stevenson
Dimensions:	216 x 135 x 145mm (L x W x H)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	160
ISBN-13:	978-1-85311-834-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian worship > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian worship > General Books > Christianity > Christian Worship Promotions
LSN:	1-85311-834-6
Barcode:	9781853118340

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