Methodist Heritage and Identity (Routledge Methodist Studies)
by Brian E. Beck
Brian Beck has had a long and distinguished career in Methodist studies, having additionally served as President of the UK Methodist Conference and helped lead the international Oxford Institute of Methodist Theological Studies. This book is the first time that Beck’s seminal work on Methodism has been gathered together. It includes eighteen essays from the last twenty-five years, covering many different aspects of Methodist thought and practice. This collection is divided into two main section...
A new version of "The Rites of Committal (Order of Christian Funerals)" which now includes the full Roman Lectionary related to Funeral Rites. This is authorised and approved for use by the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales Since liturgical celebration involves the whole person, it requires attentiveness to all that affects the senses. The readings and prayers, psalms and songs should be proclaimed with understanding, conviction and reverence. The ritual gestures, processions and...
frei + christlich - Der freie christliche Impuls Rudolf Steiners heute
by Volker David Lambertz
This title offers an explanation of the main aspects of the Communion service and explores the meaning of the bread and wine. It is suitable for all denominations, and has careful coverage of sensitive issues.
The Splendor of Marriage is essential reading for anyone interested in the thought of Pope John Paul II or the theology of marriage and family. It concisely lays out the pope's major doctrines by drawing from key papal and pre-papal sources such as Love and Responsibility, Theology of the Body, Mulieris Dignitatem, and Familiaris Consortio. Close attention is paid to the pope's distinctive contributions: his profound analysis of the unique character of spousal love; his personalistic approach to...
Let Us Give Thanks
by David Holeton, Catherine Hall, and Gregory Kerr-Wilson
Be Loyal Like Ruth Brave Like Sarah Humble Like Mary Courageous Like Esther
by Angel Duran
Discovering the Lord's Supper
by Ken Scott, Alan Baird, and Willie Nixon
Rationale Divinorum Officiorum by Guillaume Durandus, Volume Three (Rationale Divinorum Officiorum by Guillaume Durandus, #3)
by Janet Gentles
La Eucaristia: Edicion Bilingue, Mi Libro de La Misa y Juntos: Preparandose En Casa Para La Primera Eucaristia (God's Gift 2009)
Doorways to the Sacred (Ancient Faith, Future Mission)
by Ian Mobsby and Phil Potter
Fresh Expressions of Church are key aspect of mission strategy for many denominations in the UK and beyond. Here, a stellar line-up of writers explores the central question of how Fresh Expressions turn from mission projects into authentic forms of church, developing a sacramental life of their own. Chapters include: * Lucy Moore on Messy Church and Holy Communion * Graham Cray on the sacraments for the unchurched * Jonathan Clark on baptism and mission * John Drane on seeing the world as s...
Sigueme, Preparando luteranos para la confirmacion y el discipulado
by David Brondos
This collection of essays deals with the rituals of kingship and royalty in India, Africa and Europe from the social anthropological and ethnohistorical points of view. It discusses the dialectical entanglements of rituals conducted for and by kings (including, ‘little kings’ and ‘jungle kings’) with the wider social, political, cultural, historical, religious and economic contexts in which they were embedded.Part I begins with a triangular comparison of kingship among the Shilluks of East Afri...