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100			_aO'Brien, Glen.
245			_aChristian worship : _ba theological and historical introduction / _cGlen O'Brien ; preface by Prefessor Robert Gribben.
260			_aMelbourne, Vic. : _bUniting Academic Press, _cc2013.
300			_a174 p. ; _bpbk ; _c23 cm.
500			_aSigned by author.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505			_aCh. 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.
505			_aCh. 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.
505			_aCh. 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.
505			_aCh. 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.
505			_aCh. 5: Worship in the middle ages : from ecclesia to temple. Some features of medieval worship -- The iconoclastic controversy -- Music in the medieval period -- Summary.
505			_aCh.6: Worship in the reformation: from temple to auditorium. Lutheran worship -- Reformed worship -- Quaker worship -- Anglican worship -- Music in the reformation period -- Summary.
505			_aCh.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.
505			_aCh.8: Worship in the modern and post-modern world: from tent to kaleidoscope. Worship in the twentieth century -- Charismatic worship -- Alt. worship -- Summary.
505			_aCh. 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.
505			_aCh. 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.
505			_aCh. 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.
505			_aCh. 12: Putting it all together: preparing a worship service. The gathering -- The service of the word -- The service of the table -- The dismissal
505			_aAppendix: evaluating the worship service. General questions -- Questions relating to the shape of the liturgy -- Questions related to the leader.
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