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Includes bibliographical references.

Ch. 1 : What is worship?
Worship is a human response to God's own self-revelation --
Worship is Christ-centred --
Worship is Trinitarian --
Worship is the work of the Church --
The shape of Christian worship --
Toward a definition of Christian worship.

Ch. 2 : Worship in the Old Testament.
The role of liturgy in the formation of scripture --
Worship as a gift of God's grace --
Worship as festival --
Worship as engaging with God --
Worship and music --
Two worship traditions --
What did all of this sound like? --
Drawn from pagan models --
Worship in the Synagogue --
Summary.

Ch. 3 : Worship in the New Testament.
A note of fulfilment --
The theology of Sunday --
New Testament vocabulary of worship --
A brief Corinthian case study --
Music in the New Testament --
An application to our worship today --
Summary.

Ch. 4: Worship in the early church: from synagogue to ecclesia.
The first and second centuries --
The third and fourth centuries --
The fifth and sixth centuries --
Music in the early church --
Summary.

Ch. 5: Worship in the middle ages : from ecclesia to temple.
Some features of medieval worship --
The iconoclastic controversy --
Music in the medieval period --
Summary.

Ch.6: Worship in the reformation: from temple to auditorium.
Lutheran worship --
Reformed worship --
Quaker worship --
Anglican worship --
Music in the reformation period --
Summary.

Ch.7:Worship in the age of revivals: from auditorium to tent --
Pietist hymnody --
The hymns of Isaac Watts --
Methodist worship --
The hymns of Charles Wesley (1707-1788) --
American revivalism and gospel songs --
British church music of the nineteenth century --
Summary.

Ch.8: Worship in the modern and post-modern world: from tent to kaleidoscope.
Worship in the twentieth century --
Charismatic worship --
Alt. worship --
Summary.

Ch. 9: Symbols and sacraments in worship.
Decoding signs --
The meaning of signs and symbols --
The distinction between secondary and core meanings of symbols --
Defining sacraments --
The nature of sacramental faith --
Nine symbolic gestures of worship --
Being a perfect stranger.

Ch. 10: Visible words: Baptism and Eucharist.
Baptismal identity --
The subjects of baptism --
The mode of baptism --
The effects of baptism --
Some practical baptismal considerations --
Calvin on the Eucharist --
The meanings of the Eucharist --
Some practical eucharistic considerations.

Ch. 11: Celebrating special days and seasons: the church year.
Advent --
Epiphany --
Lent --
Holy week --
Easter --
Pentecost --
Trinity Sunday --
The season after Pentecost (ordinary time) --
Christ the King --
The value of the Christian year.

Ch. 12: Putting it all together: preparing a worship service.
The gathering --
The service of the word --
The service of the table --
The dismissal

Appendix: evaluating the worship service.
General questions --
Questions relating to the shape of the liturgy --
Questions related to the leader.