Reconstructing early Christian worship
By: Paul F. Bradshaw
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Collegeville, Minn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 151
ISBN-13: 9780814662458
Subjects: Worship; History; Early Christian Liturgies; History and criticism; Church history
Description: "Building on the approach set out in his Search for the Origins of Christian Worship, Paul Bradshaw attempts to drill down at several key points beneath the surface impression of early Christian worship that has been accepted in most studies of the primary sources. His aim is to see whether a somewhat different picture emerges when one examines the material with altered presuppositions and a questioning attitude. Thus, each chapter in Reconstructing Early Christian Worship begins from the conventional depiction of its topic. The author then subjects the sources to an assessment from the perspective of the methodology set out in his earlier work, which then leads to new conclusions. Important aspects of the Eucharist, baptism, and daily prayer are each explored in turn and new understandings of those rites opened up. The resulting change in perception not only affects how we reconstruct our vision of the past but also how we use the past as precedent for worship practice today. Each chapter ends with a comment on the possible modern application of these new discoveries." -- Back cover.
Notes: "A Pueblo book."

"First published in 2009 by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Did Jesus institute the Eucharist at the Last Supper?; title: Receiving communion; title: The earliest eucharistic prayers?; title: Catechumens and the gospel; title: The profession of faith; title: Varieties of anointing; title: Patterns of daily praying; title: The changing role of psalmody; title: The emergence of penitential prayer.