On Earth as in Heaven?

<p><strong>Explore the ways material economies have shaped past liturgical practices and continue to underlie our worship today. </strong></p><p></p><p>Because the stuff of Christian worship is inextricably enmeshed in the marketplace it seems that our liturgical practices materiality and economics are forever intertwined. In <em>On Earth as in Heaven?</em> leading scholars who presented the 2023 Yale Institute of Sacred Music Liturgy Conference break new disciplinary ground by investigating complex dynamics of liturgical production distribution and power throughout history.</p><p></p><p>This collection critically engages the tension between earthly materialities and eschatological visions of Christian hope offering innovative methodologies case studies and approaches that promise to stimulate further research in liturgical studies and beyond.</p>