This selection of books is divided into the following sections:
General
Biblical Period
Early Church
Eastern Church
Medieval Church
Reformation and beyond
Amercian
Recent History
Architecture
Music
Eucharist
Baptism
Liturgical Year
GENERAL |
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Christian Liturgy: Catholic and Evangelical |
Senn, Frank C. |
Augsburg Fortress Publishers |
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A History of Women in Christian Worship |
White, Susan J. |
Pilgrim Press |
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The Study of Liturgy |
Jones, Cheslyn ed. |
Oxford University Press (January 1, 1992) |
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The Missionary Movement in Christian History: Studies in the Transmission of Faith |
Walls, Andrew F. |
Orbis Books |
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Church History: An Introduction to Research, Reference Works, and Methods |
James E. Bradley and Muller, Richard |
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company |
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Liturgies of the Western Church |
Thompson, Bard |
Augsburg Fortress Publishers |
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BIBLICAL PERIOD |
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At the Origins of Christian Worship: The Context and Character of Earliest Christian Devotion |
Hurtado, Larry W. |
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company |
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Praying by the Book: The Scripturalization of Prayer in Second Temple Judaism |
Newman, Judith H. |
Society of Biblical Literature |
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Penitential Prayer in Second Temple Judaism: The Development of a Religious Institution |
Werline, Rodney Alan |
Society of Biblical Literature |
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Daily, Sabbath, and Festival Prayers in the Dead Sea Scrolls |
Falk, Daniel K. |
Brill Academic Publishers |
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EARLY CHURCH |
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The Search for the Origins of Christian Worship: Sources and Methods For the Study of Early Liturgy |
Bradshaw, Paul F. |
Oxford University Press |
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The Origins of Christian Worship: The Context and Character of Earliest Christian Devotion |
Hurtado, Larry W. |
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company |
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Ambrose of Milan’s Method of Mystagogical Preaching |
Satterlee, Craig |
Liturgical Press |
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Apostolic Constitutions |
Bradshaw, Paul, et al |
Augsburg Fortress Publishers |
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EASTERN CHURCH |
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The Byzantine Rite: A Short History |
Taft, Robert F. |
Liturgical Press |
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The Urban Character of Christian Worship: The Origins, Development, and Meaning of Stational Liturgy |
Baldovin, John F. |
Edizioni Orientalia Christiana |
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Essays on Early Eastern Eucharistic Prayers |
Bradshaw, Paul F. |
Liturgical Press |
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MEDIEVAL CHURCH |
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Corpus Christi: The Eucharist in Late Medieval Culture |
Rubin, Miri |
Cambridge University Press |
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Birth, Marriage and Death: Ritual, Religion and the Life-Cycle In Tudor and Stuart England |
Cressy, David |
Oxford University Press |
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Medieval Liturgy: An Introduction to the Sources |
Vogel, Cyrille |
Pastoral Press |
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Ritual in Early Modern Europe |
Muir, Edward |
Cambridge University Press |
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The Divine Office in the Latin Middle Ages: Methodology and Source Studies, Regional Developments, Hagiography |
Fassler, Margot E. and Baltzer, Rebecca A. |
Oxford University Press (August 2, 2000) |
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The Mass of the Roman Rite: Its Origins and Development |
Jungmann, Joseph A. |
Burns & Oates |
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The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England 1400-1580 |
Duffy, Eamon |
Yale University Press |
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REFORMATION and BEYOND |
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Sacraments, Ceremonies and the Stuart Divines: Sacramental Theology and Liturgy in England and Scotland, 1603-1662 |
Spinks, Bryan D. |
Ashgate Publishing |
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Worship in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: Change and Continuity in Religious Practice |
Maag, Karin and Witvliet, John D. |
University of Notre Dame Press |
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The Body Broken: The Calvinist Doctrine of the Eucharist and the Symbolization of Power in Sixteenth-Century France |
Elwood, Christopher |
Oxford University Press |
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Worship and Theology in England: From Cranmer to Baxter and Fox, 1534-1690 |
Davies, Horton |
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company (March 1, 1996) |
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Worship and Theology in England: From Watts and Wesley to Martineau, 1690-1900 |
Davies, Horton |
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company |
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Worship and Theology in England: The Ecumenical Century, 1900 to the Present |
Davies, Horton |
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company |
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Roman Catholic Worship: Trent to Today |
White, James F. |
Liturgical Press |
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Liturgy Wars: Ritual Theory and Protestant Reform in Nineteenth-Century Zurich |
Vial, Theodore M. |
Routledge (August 1, 2003) |
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AMERICA |
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Sacred Song in America: Religion, Music, and Public Culture |
Marini, Stephen A. |
University of Illinois Press |
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Singing the Lord’s Song in a Strange Land: Hymnody in the History of North American Protestantism |
Blumhofer, Edith L. and Noll, Mark A. |
University of Alabama Press |
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Public Worship, Private Faith: Sacred Harp and American Folksong |
Bealle, John |
University of Georgia Press |
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The Language of the Psalms in Worship: American Revisions of Watts’ Psalter |
Stackhouse, Rochelle A. |
Scarecrow Press |
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How Sweet the Sound: Music in the Spiritual Lives of Americans |
Stowe, David W. |
Harvard University Press |
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American Methodist Worship |
Tucker, Karen B. Westerfield |
Oxford University Press |
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The Altar Call: Its Origins and Present Usage |
Bennett, David |
University Press of America |
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Holy Fairs: Scottish Communions and American Revivals in the Early Modern Period |
Schmidt, Leigh Eric |
Princeton University Press |
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The New England Soul: Preaching and Religious Culture in Colonial New England |
Stout, Harry |
Oxford University Press |
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Democratization of American Christianity |
Hatch, Nathan |
Yale University Press |
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A Little Heaven Below: Worship at Early Methodist Quarterly Meetings |
Ruth, Lester |
Kingswood Books |
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RECENT HISTORY |
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The Reform of the Liturgy: 1948-1975 |
Bugnini, Annibale |
Liturgical Press |
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The New International Dictionary of Pentecostal Charismatic Movements |
Burgess, Stanley M. |
Zondervan |
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ARCHITECTURE |
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When Church Became Theatre: The Transformation of Evangelical Architecture and Worship in Nineteenth-Century America |
Kilde, Jeanne Halgren |
Oxford University Press |
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The Gothic Revival and American Church Architecture: An Episode of Taste 1840-1856 |
Stanton, Phoebe B. |
The Johns Hopkins University Press |
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From Meetinghouse to Megachurch: A Material and Cultural History |
Loveland, Anne C. and Wheeler, Otis B. |
University of Missouri Press |
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Theology in Stone: Church Architecture from Byzantium to Berkeley |
Kieckhefer, Richard |
Oxford University Press |
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Buildings, Faith and Worship: The Liturgical Arrangement of Anglican Churches 1600-1900 |
Yates, Nigel |
Oxford University Press |
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House of God: Region, Religion and Architecture in the United States |
Williams, Peter W. |
University of Illinois Press |
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Heaven On Earth: Art and the Church in Byzantium |
Safran, Linda |
Pennsylvania State University Press (June 1, 1998) |
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MUSIC |
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Te Deum: The Church and Music |
Westermeyer, Paul |
Augsburg Fortress Publishers |
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The Advent Project: The Later-Seventh-Century Creation of the Roman Mass Proper |
McKinnon, James |
University of California Press |
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Johann Sebastian Bach and Liturgical Life in Leipzig |
Stiller, Günter |
Concordia Publishing House (June 1, 1984) |
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Worship Wars in Early Lutheranism: Choir, Congregation, and Three Centuries of Conflict |
Herl, Joseph |
Oxford University Press |
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Readings in African American Church Music and Worship |
Abbington, James |
GIA Publications |
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EUCHARIST |
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Eucharist and Eschatology |
Wainwright, Geoffrey |
Oxford University Press |
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From Symposium to Eucharist: The Banquet in the Early Christian World |
Smith, Dennis E. |
Augsburg Fortress Publishers |
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Evangelical Eucharistic Thought in the Church of England |
Cocksworth, Christopher J. |
Cambridge University Press |
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Eucharist and Offering |
Stevenson, Kenneth |
Pueblo Publishing Company (October 1, 1992) |
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BAPTISM |
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Baptism in the Reformed Tradition: An Historical and Practical Theology |
Riggs, John W. |
Westminster John Knox Press |
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Documents of the Baptismal Liturgy |
Whitaker, E.C., ed. |
Liturgical Press (November 1, 2003) |
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The Shaping of the Reformed Baptismal Rite in the Sixteenth Century |
Old, Hughes Oliphant |
Eerdmans Publishing Company (April 1, 1992) |
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The Rites of Christian Initiation: The Evolution and Interpretation |
Johnson, Maxwell E. |
Liturgical Press |
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Redeeming Time: The Wisdom of Ancient Jewish and Christian Festal Calendars |
Chilton, Bruce |
Hendrickson Publishers |
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LITURGICAL YEAR |
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The Origins of the Liturgical Year |
Talley, Thomas J. |
Liturgical Press |
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Redeeming Time: The Wisdom of Ancient Jewish and Christian Festal Calendars |
Chilton, Bruce |
Hendrickson Publishers |