A sociological history of Christian worship /

A 2000 year history of Christian worship in its social contexts around the globe combining sociological theory, social history and the latest developments in the study of liturgy. The focus of this book sets it apart from existing studies which tend to offer textual or theological approaches to wors...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Stringer, Martin D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
Worship > History.
Worship > Sociological aspects.
Religion and sociology.
Cultes > Histoire.
Cultes > Aspect sociologique.
Sociologie religieuse.
sociology of religion.
RELIGION > Institutions & Organizations.
RELIGION > Christian Rituals & Practice > Worship & Liturgy.
Religion and sociology
Worship
Christentum
Gebet
Gottesdienst
Liturgie
Soziologie
Christendom.
Liturgie.
Sociologische aspecten.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction Discourse, devotion and embodiment; Chapter 1 Early Christian worship, texts and contexts to AD 300; Chapter 2 Worship and the Christianisation of public space, 300-600; Chapter 3 Hegemonic discourses in the worship of empires, 600-900; Chapter 4 The dominant discourse of cosmological Christianity, 900-1200; Chapter 5 Accessing the demotic discourses of devotion, 1200-1500; Chapter 6 Worship and the rise of humanistic discourses, 1500-1800; Chapter 7 The globalisation of Christian worship, 1800-2000.

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