The Search for the Origins of Christian Worship by
a guide toChristian liturgical origins which adopt a much more cautious approach, recognizing the limitations of what can truly be known, and takes seriously the clues pointing to the essentially variegated character of ancient Christian worship.
Foundations in Ritual Studies by
ritual studies applies anthropological methodology to the study of religious actions. offers students of Christian liturgy fresh insights from specialists in anthropology, religious studies, and Christian liturgy.
The New Westminster Dictionary of Liturgy and Worship by
reference work on all aspects of liturgical practice and belief.
The Oxford Handbook of Early Christian Ritual by
scholars of early Christianity have begun to use ritual as an analytical tool for describing and explaining Christian origins and the early history of the movement. account of the ritual world of early Christianity from the beginning of the movement up to the fifth century. introduces theories, approaches; central topics of ritual life in the cultural world of early Christianity; and important Christian ritual themes and practices in emerging Christian groups.
Literature or Liturgy? by
elaborate on the question of how ancient pieces of liturgy might be found in the extant literature. topics range from Jewish Early Medieval poetry to Ancient Greek hymns.
Relating Through Prayer: identity formation in early Christianity by
analyses four earliest known treatises on prayer in Christian history, written by Clement, Origen, Tertullian and Cyprian.
Baptism in the Early Church by
Greek, Latin and Syrian sources on the practice of baptism in the first four centuries are studied.
Baptism, the New Testament and the Church by
contributors approach baptism from biblical, historical, theological and practical perspectives. Online available.
Living Water: images, symbols, and settings of early Christian baptism by
survey of early Christian baptismal iconography and architecture integrates visual depictions and physical settings of baptism with textual evidence for its practice and purpose. overview of pictorial art (paintings, relief sculpture, mosaics, and ivories). considers selected baptismal structures, examining the symbolism, purpose, and possible meaning of their spatial design and decorative programs. Online available.
The Memory of the Eyes: pilgrims to living saints in Christian late antiquity by
study of pilgrimage to these famous ascetics of late antique Christianity. analysis of pilgrim writings of this period: the History of the Monks in Egypt (ca. 400) and Palladius's The Lausiac History (ca. 420), situating these narratives in their literary, historical, and spiritual contexts. Online available.
Encountering the Sacred: the debate on Christian pilgrimage in late antiquity by
the rise of pilgrimage all over the Christian world--by setting the phenomenon against the wide background of the political and theological debates of the time. emerging notion of a sacred geography challenged the leading intellectuals and ecclesiastical authorities, Online available.
The Cult of the Saints by
explores the role of tombs, shrines, relics, and pilgrimages connected with the sacred bodies of the saints. Challenging the common treatment of the cult as an outbreak of superstition among the lower classes, Brown demonstrates how this form of religiousity engaged the finest minds of the Church and elicited from members of the educated upper classes some of their most splendid achievements in poetry, literature, and the patronage of the arts. Online available.
Pilgrimage and Holy Space in Late Antique Egypt by
origins and rise of Christian pilgrimage cults in late antique Egypt. covers theoretical issues in the study of Coptic pilgrimage, examines native Egyptian and Egyptian Jewish pilgrimage practices. investigates six major shrines, looks pilgrims rites.
Egeria's Travels by
Egeria, a Spanish nun, visited the Holy Land only fifty years after the death of Constantine, making her work the earliest surviving account of the area.
Worship in the Early Church: An Anthology of Historical Sources by
Jewish prayers from tale and synagogue; Subapostolic Era: the Didache, Clement of Rome, Ignatius of Antioch, Pastor Hermas; Second Century: Justin Martyr, Irenaeus of Lyons, Melito of Sardis; Third Century: Tertullian, Cyprian of Carthage, Hippolytus of Rome, the Didascalia of the Apostles,Origen, the Apostolic Church Order;and others.
Passover and Easter by
examines, from historical, theological, and aesthetic perspectives, the practices and intricate interrelationships of Passover and Easter.
Brother-Making in Late-Antiquity and Byzantium by
an ecclesiastical ritual of adelphopoiesis, which pronounces two men, not related by birth, as brothers for life. origin as a spiritual blessing in the monastic world of late antiquity, and it becomes a popularsocial networking strategy among lay people from the ninth century onwards. history of this feature of Byzantine life.
Private Worship, Public Values, and Religious Change in Late Antiquity by
history of the Christian private. Using textual and archaeological evidence, examines the Christian rituals of home and rural estate, which took place outside the supervision of bishops and their agents. Online available.
Studies in Early Christian Liturgy and Its Context by
explores the beginnings and development of rituals in their historical, philological, and doctrinal context. elucidates the interdependence of the Syriac, Greek, and Armenian cultures
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