Christian Worship
- To identify, distinguish and articulate the major characteristics of the history and praxis of Jewish and Christian worship in general and of Anglican and United States Episcopal liturgy in particular, especially with regard to the contents and use of the Book of Common Prayer and the various hymnals and authorized supplemental texts.
- To examine and analyze the ways in which liturgy, church music and theology have been brought together in addressing ancient and contemporary worship praxis.
- To observe and analyze liturgical history and praxis and apply them to contemporary situations in ways that are pastorally and musically sensitive and ritually effective.
Primary Texts
Many of these primary texts are available in full and in more recent editions for free online. Please see the Online Materials box for links to these electronic resources.
Book of Common Prayer Chapel Edition by Call Number: REF BX5943 .A1 1979ISBN: 9780898690606Publication Date: 1979-09-01Print Version
The Book of Occasional Services 2003 by Call Number: BX5947 .B8 A3 2003ISBN: 9780898694093Publication Date: 2000-01-01A NEW edition of the Book of Occasional Services is now available. The 2018 edition is available for free online. A link has been posted to the Online Materials box on this page. The 2018 edition is not yet available in print.
Print Version
Enriching Our Worship 1 by Call Number: BX5945 .A3 E57 1998ISBN: 9780898692754Publication Date: 2000-01-01Print Version
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Enriching our Worship 2: Ministry with the Sick or Dying Burial of a Child by Call Number: BX5945 .A3 E57 2000 | Spring / L2340 / Jennings - L3310 / RussellISBN: 9780898693430Publication Date: 2000-01-01Print Version
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Enriching our Worship 3: Burial Rites for Adults Together with a Rite for the Burial of a Child by Call Number: BX5945 .A3 E57 2007 | Spring / L2340 / Jennings - L3310 / RussellISBN: 9780898695397Publication Date: 2007-02-01Print Version
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Enriching our Worship 4: The Renewal of Ministry with the Welcoming of a New Rector or other Pastor: Supplemental Liturgical Materials by Call Number: BX5945.A3 E57 2007a | Spring / L2340 / Jennings - L3310 / RussellISBN: 181644872Publication Date: 2007Print Version
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Enriching our Worship 5: Liturgies and Prayers Related to Childberaring, Childbirth, and Loss by Call Number: BX5945 .A3 E57 2009 | Spring / L2340 / Jennings - L3310 / RussellISBN: 9780898696387Publication Date: 2010-01-01Print Version
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Lesser Feasts and Fasts 2018: Conforming to General Convention 2018 by Call Number: BX5947.L4 E85 2018ISBN: 9781640652347Publication Date: 2019-12-17Print Version
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The New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha by Call Number: BS191.5.A1 2018 N48 2018 | Fall Reserve / B2310 /ISBN: 9780190276089Publication Date: 2018-04-01Print Version
History
African American Worship: New Eyes for Seeing by Call Number: BV10.3 .T35 2007ISBN: 9781597524902Publication Date: 2007-03-01Print Version
Video presentation from The Rev. Nathan Jennings, PhD
Secondary Texts
Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry by Call Number: BX6 .W6 no.111 | Fall Reserve / L1310 / JenningsISBN: 9782825407097Publication Date: 1982-01-01Print Version
The Biblical Cosmos: A Pilgrim's Guide to the Weird and Wonderful World of the Bible by ISBN: 9781625648105Publication Date: 2014-10-08ebook: unlimited users
Calendar: Christ's Time for the Church by Call Number: BV30 .S73 1996 | Fall Reserve / L1310 / JenningsISBN: 9780687011360Publication Date: 1996-07-01Print Version
The Ceremonies of the Eucharist: A Guide to Celebration by Call Number: BX5949 .C5 G28 1989 | Spring Reserve / L2340 / Jennings - L3310 / RussellISBN: 9780936384832Publication Date: 1989-01-25Print Version
- A Christian Ending: A Handbook for Burial in the Ancient Christian Tradition by Call Number: GT3150 .B37 2011 | Spring Reserve / L2340 / JenningsISBN: 9780971413962Publication Date: 2010-09-14Print Version
Christian Worship: 100,000 Sundays of Symbols and Rituals by Call Number: BV15 .R35 2009 | Fall Reserve / L1310 / JenningsISBN: 9780800662332Publication Date: 2009-03-01Print Version
Lent, Holy Week, Easter, and the Great Fifty Days: A Ceremonial Guide by Call Number: BV85 .M57 1996 | Spring / L2340 / Jennings - L3310 / RussellISBN: 9781561011346Publication Date: 1996-01-25Print Version
Liturgy and Theology: Economy and Reality by Call Number: BV176.3 J46 2017 | Fall Reserve / L1310 / JenningsISBN: 9781498229319Publication Date: 2017-10-13ebook: unlimited users
Opening the Prayer Book by Call Number: BX5945 .L45 1999 | Spring / L2340 / JenningsISBN: 9781561011667Publication Date: 1999-01-25Print version
Pastoral and Occasional Liturgies: A Ceremonial Guide by Call Number: BX5947 .O25 M58 1998 | Spring / L2340 / Jennings - L3310 / RussellISBN: 9781561011582Publication Date: 1998-01-25Print Version
The Prayer Book Through the Ages by Call Number: BX5145 .S93 1997 | Spring Reserve / L2340 / JenningsISBN: 9780819215093Publication Date: 1997-05-01Print Version
Praying Shapes Believing: A Theological Commentary on the Book of Common Prayer by Call Number: BX5945 .M57 2016 | Fall Reserve / L1310 / JenningsISBN: 9781596272729Publication Date: 2016-08-01Print Version
Reconciliation: Preparing for Confession in the Episcopal Church by Call Number: BX5949 .C6 S65 1985 | Spring Reserve / L2340 / JenningsISBN: 9780936384306Publication Date: 1985-01-25Print Version
Shaping the Prayers of the People: The Art of Intercession by Call Number: BV210.3 .W45 2014 | Spring Reserve / L2340 / JenningsISBN: 9780802870971Publication Date: 2014-06-16Print Version
Hymnals
The Hymnal 1982: Basic Singers by ISBN: 0898691206Publication Date: 1985-06-01ebook: limited access - 1 copy available
- El Himnario by Call Number: M2125 .H658 1998 | Spring Reserve / L3310 / RussellISBN: 9780898692563Publication Date: 2001-01-01Print Version
Lift Every Voice and Sing II: An African American Hymnal by Call Number: M2125 .L39 1993ISBN: 9780898691948Publication Date: 1993-01-01Print Version
Voices Found by Call Number: REF M2125 .E62 2003ISBN: 9780898693676Publication Date: 2003-06-01Print Version
Wonder, Love, and Praise: A Supplement to the Hymnal 1982 by Call Number: M2125 .E64 1985 Suppl. 1997 | Spring Reserve / L3310 / RussellISBN: 9780898692266Publication Date: 1997-01-01Print Version
Online Materials
Recommended Texts
Alabadle!: Hispanic Christian Worship by Call Number: BR563 .H57 A42 1996 | Fall Reserve / L1310 / JenningsISBN: 9781426738739ebook: unlimited users
Being As Communion by Call Number: BX323 .Z59 1985ISBN: 0881410292Publication Date: 1985-01-01Print Version
Celebrating the Eucharist: A Practical Ceremonial Guide for Clergy and Other Liturgical Ministers by Call Number: BX5949 .C5 M35 2007 | Spring Reserve / L2340 / Jennings - L3310 / RussellISBN: 9780898695625Publication Date: 2008-01-01Print Version
Celebrating the Rites of Initiation: A Practical Ceremonial Guide for Clergy and Other Liturgical Ministers by Call Number: BX5949.B2 T87 2013 | Spring Reserve / L2340 / JenningsISBN: 9780898698756Publication Date: 2013-04-01Print Version
Cohabiting Couples and Cold Feet: A Practical Marriage-Preparation Guide for Clergy by Call Number: BV835 .P745 2009 | Spring Reserve / L2340 / JenningsISBN: 9780898696035Publication Date: 2008-09-01Print Version
Commentary on the American Prayer Book by Call Number: BX5945 .H37 1995 | Spring Reserve / L2340 / JenningsISBN: 9780060635541Publication Date: 1995-09-15Print Version
Diverse Worship: African-American, Caribbean & Hispanic Perspectives by Call Number: BR563 .N4 M297 2000ISBN: 9780830815791Publication Date: 2000-04-10Print Version
The Eucharist by Call Number: BX355 .S36 1988ISBN: 0881410187Publication Date: 1988-02-01Print Version
A House of Meanings: Christian Worship in Plain Language by ISBN: 1640651403Publication Date: 2020-01-17ebook: limited access - 1 user
Intercession: A Theological and Practical Guide by Call Number: BV210.2 .P54 1995 | Fall Reserve / L1310 / JenningsISBN: 9781561011155Publication Date: 1995-01-25ebook: unlimited users
Introduction to Christian Worship (Third Edition) by Call Number: BV176.3 .W48 2000 | Fall Reserve / L1310 / JenningsISBN: 9780687091096Publication Date: 2001-01-01Print Version
Introduction to Christian Worship (Third Edition) by ISBN: 9781426722851Publication Date: 2010-09-01ebook: unlimited users
Inwardly Digest: The Prayer Book as Guide to a Spiritual Life by Call Number: BX5945 .O47 2016 | Fall Reserve / L1310 / JenningsISBN: 9780880284325Publication Date: 2016-05-26Print Version
Liturgical Theology: The Church as Worshiping Community by ISBN: 9780830827633Publication Date: 2006-07-12ebook: unlimited users
Mestizo Worship: A Pastoral Approach to Liturgical Ministry by Call Number: BX1407 .M48 E57 1998 | Fall Reserve / L1310 / JenningsISBN: 9780814624906Publication Date: 2005-03-01Print Version
Mysteries of Faith by Call Number: BT77 .M386 2000 | Fall Reserve / L1310 / JenningsISBN: 9781561011759Publication Date: 2000-01-25ebook: unlimited users
Prayer Book Rubrics Expanded by Call Number: BX5945 .S78 1987 | Spring Reserve / L2340 / JenningsISBN: 9780898691603Publication Date: 2000-01-01Print Version
A Priest's Handbook: The Ceremonies of the Church by Call Number: BX5943 .A1 1979 M52 1998 | Spring Reserve / L3310 / RussellISBN: 9780819217684Publication Date: 1998-12-01Print Version
The Spirit of the Liturgy: Commemorative Edition by ISBN: 9780898707847Publication Date: 2000-09-01ebook: limited access - 1 user
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The Study of Liturgy by Call Number: BV176 .S76 1992 | Fall Reserve / L1310 / JenningsISBN: 9780195209228Publication Date: 1992-10-29Print Version
A Theology of Worship by Call Number: BX5940 .W45 2001 | Fall Reserve / L1310 / JenningsISBN: 9781561011940Publication Date: 2001-01-25Print Version
Worship in Context: Liturgical Theology, Children and the City by Call Number: BV178 .B87 2006 | Fall Reserve / L1310 / JenningsISBN: 9780716206026Publication Date: 2006Print Version
Worship Old and New: A Biblical, Historical, and Practical Introduction by ISBN: 9780310835127Publication Date: 2009-12-15ebook: limited access - 1 user
Worship Old and New: A Biblical, Historical, and Practical Introduction by Call Number: BV15 .W4 1994 | Fall Reserve / L1310 / JenningsISBN: 9780310479901Publication Date: 1994-12-10Print Version
