Sacred Games: A History of Christian Worship

by Bernhard Lang

Book Overview

When contemporary Christians worship--be they Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox, or Pentecostal--they engage in a variety of ritual acts whose diversity and complexity may at first puzzle the observer. A closer look reveals that worship incorporates a limited number of major components that when repeated form the backbone of the ceremonies Christians enact when they meet on Sundays. This book focuses on six essential ritual forms: praise, prayer, sermon,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300069324
• ISBN13: 9780300069327
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 542 Pages
• Weight: 2.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.5" x 9.5"