Worship

by Evelyn Underhill

Overview

A reprint of Evelyn Underhill's timeless study on the the nature and principles of worship and the main forms in which they find expression in Christianity. In the belief that religious experience is the starting point of theological reconstruction,the author analyses here the characteristics, principles and nature of how man relates to God. The way and degree in which ritual, symbol, sacrament and sacrifice become part of worship is also examined and, subsequently, its principles are illustrated, as embodied in the main types of cults.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780227172926
Publisher:	James Clarke & Co. Ltd
Publication date:	03/25/2010
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	5.47(w) x 8.46(h) x (d)

About the Author

A poet, novelist, and well known writer on mysticism, Evelyn Underhill was born in 1875. She was educated privately and at King's College for Women, London, of which she later became first an Honorary Fellow and then a Fellow. She was also an Honorary Doctor of Divinity of the University of Aberdeen. In 1921 she was Upton Lecturer on the Philosophy of Religion at Manchester College, Oxford. Among Miss Underhill's most notable books are The Spiritual Life, Practical Mysticism, The Mystic Way, and Meditations Based on Our Lord's Prayer.

Table of Contents

Part I
I. The Nature of Worship
II. Ritual and Symbol
III. Sacrament and Sacrifice
IV. The characters of Christian Worship
V. The Principles of Corporate Worship
VI. Liturgical Elements of Worship
VII. The Holy Eucharist: Its Nature
VIII. The Holy Eucharist: Its Significance
IX. Principles of Personal Worship
Part II
X. Jewish Worship
XI. The Beginnings of Christian Worship
XII. Catholic Worship: Western and Eastern
XIII. Worship in the Reformed Churches
XIV. Free Church Worship
XV. The Anglican Tradition