American Methodist worship
By: Karen B. Westerfield Tucker.
Series: Religion in America series; Religion in America series (Oxford University Press)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 345
Subjects: Methodist Church -- United States -- Liturgy; Public worship
Description: "Methodist worship is distinctive in many ways, yet it has never been the subject of a full-scale study. This book offers a comprehensive examination and analysis of Methodist practice, tracing its evolution from the earliest days up to the end of the twentieth century.

Karen Westerfield Tucker looks beyond and behind the official liturgical texts to discover the processes and influences - ecclesiastical, social, and cultural - that motivated Methodists to rethink and reorganize their worship theology and praxis."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-335) and index.