What is included with this book?
Preface | p. ix |
Why study Christian worship? | p. 1 |
Initial definitions | p. 1 |
Reasons against the study of Christian worship | p. 2 |
Reasons for such study | p. 7 |
The intention and method of this textbook | p. 8 |
Suggestions | p. 12 |
An outline for writing a worship service report | p. 12 |
For further study | p. 13 |
What is a symbol? | p. 15 |
Defining and describing symbol | p. 15 |
An example: the tree of life | p. 20 |
Theories about the human tendency to symbolize | p. 21 |
Symbolic objects in Christian worship | p. 23 |
Symbolic persons in Christian worship | p. 26 |
Symbolic speech in Christian worship | p. 27 |
Suggestions | p. 30 |
For further study | p. 31 |
What is a ritual? | p. 33 |
Defining and describing ritual | p. 33 |
Examples of religious ritual | p. 37 |
Theories about the human tendency to ritualize | p. 40 |
Christian ritual time | p. 43 |
Christian ritual space | p. 46 |
Christian ritual gesture | p. 48 |
Suggestions | p. 50 |
For further study | p. 50 |
Which symbols and rituals have Christians used for 100,000 Sundays? | p. 51 |
Greco-Roman symbols | p. 51 |
Greco-Roman rituals | p. 54 |
Jewish symbols | p. 55 |
Jewish rituals | p. 59 |
Symbols associated with Jesus | p. 61 |
Rituals associated with Jesus | p. 63 |
The Sunday synthesis | p. 65 |
Suggestions | p. 67 |
For further study | p. 68 |
What comes down to us from 75,000 Sundays ago? | p. 69 |
Weekly symbols and rituals standardized | p. 69 |
Annual rituals inaugurated | p. 76 |
Buildings for Christian rituals erected | p. 79 |
Authority structures established | p. 83 |
Suggestions | p. 85 |
For further study | p. 85 |
What comes down to us from 50,000 Sundays ago? | p. 87 |
East versus West | p. 87 |
Symbols important for the Eastern Orthodox | p. 88 |
Rituals important for the Eastern Orthodox | p. 92 |
Symbols important for Roman Catholicism | p. 94 |
Rituals important for Roman Catholicism | p. 98 |
Creeping individualism | p. 102 |
Suggestions | p. 103 |
For further study | p. 104 |
What comes down to us from 25,000 Sundays ago? | p. 105 |
About Protestantism | p. 105 |
Symbols arising in the Protestant churches | p. 108 |
Rituals arising in the Protestant churches | p. 114 |
The onset of option | p. 118 |
Suggestions | p. 120 |
For further study | p. 121 |
What comes down to us from the last 10,000 Sundays? | p. 123 |
Two centuries of American life, more options | p. 123 |
Symbols developed among American worshipers | p. 126 |
Rituals developed among American worshipers | p. 129 |
Dormant symbols and rituals recovered | p. 136 |
Suggestions | p. 139 |
For further study | p. 140 |
What is baptism? | p. 143 |
Baptism on Sunday | p. 143 |
The essential symbol and ritual | p. 147 |
Additional baptismal symbols and rituals | p. 152 |
Contemporary considerations | p. 156 |
Suggestions | p. 158 |
For further study | p. 159 |
What Christian worship takes place between Sundays? | p. 161 |
Worshiping through each day | p. 161 |
Worshiping at the rites of passage | p. 167 |
Worshiping at occasional times and for specific needs | p. 174 |
Suggestions | p. 179 |
For further study | p. 180 |
How is Christian worship like or unlike the practices of other religions in America? | p. 181 |
Lumpers and splitters | p. 181 |
Symbols and rituals in Judaism | p. 183 |
Symbols and rituals in Islam | p. 187 |
Symbols and rituals in other religions | p. 190 |
Suggestions | p. 199 |
For further study | p. 199 |
How might Sunday worship affect daily life? | p. 201 |
A liturgical spirituality | p. 201 |
Gathering | p. 203 |
Word | p. 205 |
Meal | p. 208 |
Sending | p. 211 |
In conclusion | p. 214 |
Suggestions | p. 215 |
For further study | p. 215 |
Chronology toward American Christian worship | p. 217 |
Notes | p. 221 |
Acknowledgments | p. 231 |
Index | p. 233 |
About the Cover Artist | p. 239 |
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