In Defense of Christian Ritual: The Case for a Biblical Pattern of Worship - Softcover

Andersen, Dr. David R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1948969645 ISBN 13: 9781948969642

Verlag: 1517 Publishing, 2021

Inhaltsangabe

Is Christian worship best conceived as a creative, Spirit-fueled experience that any formalized structure necessarily inhibits, or are there any biblical prescriptions around for worship that Christians were meant to follow?

In light of recent research from various disciplines-including history, psychology, and New Testament studies - In Defense of Christian Ritual: The Case for a Biblical Pattern of Worship argues the latter.

Specifically, this book will demonstrate three things.

• First, in contrast to the anti-ritualism so prevalent in modern churches, ritual's indispensable role in providing biblically-centered context and content is detailed.
• Second, contrary to modern opinion, a definite pattern of worship is shown to be present both in our earliest New Testament documents and the early church.
• Finally, new research will reveal that the assumptions about creativity lying at the heart of modern contemporary worship are fundamentally flawed.

Readers will discover that the apostolic teaching embodied in the church's early ritual, as expressed in its liturgy, was never intended to be outdated or rendered irrelevant in light of current fads. It was never meant to be a relic of the ancient past, but a structured way of bringing the "memoirs of the apostles" -that Jesus died for sinners- to God's people in the here and now.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

David R. Andersen holds a Ph.D. from Wycliffe Hall Oxford/Coventry University and has taught at several American universities. His other books include "Faithless to Fearless: The Event That Changed the World" and "Martin Luther - The Problem of Faith and Reason: A Reexamination in Light of the Epistemological and Christological Issues."

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: 1517 Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1948969645
• ISBN 13: 9781948969642
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 230
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: gpsr@libri.de; gpsr@libri.de; ; Friedensallee 273; Hamburg; 22763; Deutschland