Christian Worship: 100000 Sundays of Symbols and Rituals

This unique textbook not only lays out the religious-studies framework of a contemporary understanding of worship it also offers a full history of Christian worship in each historical period including the American experience. In light of this history of experiences Ramshaw finally addresses ongoing issues in our understanding of Christian Worship (gender authority ethics skepticism) and places them into an explicitly cross-religious framework with Islam Judaism and other religions.Gail Ramshaw is one of todays most important and influential thinkers about liturgy is also a dedicated college professor with a keen sense for how to approach the full array of Christian worship experience in light of the contemporary study of religion.