03868nam a22003617a 4500 AU-EpEBC 20130924145231.0 130924b xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9781743241059 NEMB NEMB 264.009/OBR EW O'Brien, Glen. Christian worship : a theological and historical introduction / Glen O'Brien ; preface by Prefessor Robert Gribben. Melbourne, Vic. : Uniting Academic Press, c2013. 174 p. ; pbk ; 23 cm. Signed by author. 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. ddc 37130 37130 0 0 ddc 0 0 264 Public worship MAIN MAIN OS 2013-09-24 Donated by Elizabeth Webb 2013. 26.95 2 2 264.009/OBR 14398 2021-04-20 00:00:00 2021-02-25 1 55.00 2013-09-24 AM