Title: Baptism : a pastoral perspective /
Authors: Brand, Eugene, 1931-
Publisher: Augsburg Pub. House,
Year: 1975
Subjects: Baptism Lutheran Church
Contents: A pastoral orientation -- The springs of Christian baptism and the river of Western tradition. Precursors of Christian baptism -- Christian baptism -- The early rite -- Thirteen centuries of growth -- A pastoral theology of baptism. Baptism and faith -- Baptism and the church -- Baptism and Christian priesthood -- The baptismal rite. The reformation approach -- Analysis of current Lutheran baptismal rites -- A unified baptismal practice -- Revision of baptismal rites -- The architectural setting -- The baptismal perspective.