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| Preface | |
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| Why study Christian worship? | |
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| Initial definitions | |
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| Reasons against the study of Christian worship | |
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| Reasons for such study | |
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| The intention and method of this textbook | |
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| Suggestions | |
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| An outline for writing a worship service report | |
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| For further study | |
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| What is a symbol? | |
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| Defining and describing symbol | |
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| An example: the tree of life | |
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| Theories about the human tendency to symbolize | |
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| Symbolic objects in Christian worship | |
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| Symbolic persons in Christian worship | |
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| Symbolic speech in Christian worship | |
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| Suggestions | |
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| For further study | |
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| What is a ritual? | |
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| Defining and describing ritual | |
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| Examples of religious ritual | |
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| Theories about the human tendency to ritualize | |
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| Christian ritual time | |
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| Christian ritual space | |
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| Christian ritual gesture | |
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| Suggestions | |
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| For further study | |
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| Which symbols and rituals have Christians used for 100,000 Sundays? | |
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| Greco-Roman symbols | |
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| Greco-Roman rituals | |
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| Jewish symbols | |
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| Jewish rituals | |
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| Symbols associated with Jesus | |
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| Rituals associated with Jesus | |
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| The Sunday synthesis | |
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| Suggestions | |
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| What comes down to us from 75,000 Sundays ago? | |
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| Weekly symbols and rituals standardized | |
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| Annual rituals inaugurated | |
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| Buildings for Christian rituals erected | |
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| Authority structures established | |
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| Suggestions | |
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| For further study | |
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| What comes down to us from 50,000 Sundays ago? | |
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| East versus West | |
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| Symbols important for the Eastern Orthodox | |
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| Rituals important for the Eastern Orthodox | |
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| Symbols important for Roman Catholicism | |
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| Rituals important for Roman Catholicism | |
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| Creeping individualism | |
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| Suggestions | |
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| For further study | |
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| What comes down to us from 25,000 Sundays ago? | |
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| About Protestantism | |
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| Symbols arising in the Protestant churches | |
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| Rituals arising in the Protestant churches | |
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| The onset of option | |
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| Suggestions | |
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| For further study | |
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| What comes down to us from the last 10,000 Sundays? | |
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| Two centuries of American life, more options | |
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| Symbols developed among American worshipers | |
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| Rituals developed among American worshipers | |
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| Dormant symbols and rituals recovered | |
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| Suggestions | |
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| For further study | |
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| What is baptism? | |
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| Baptism on Sunday | |
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| The essential symbol and ritual | |
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| Additional baptismal symbols and rituals | |
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| Contemporary considerations | |
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| Suggestions | |
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| For further study | |
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| What Christian worship takes place between Sundays? | |
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| Worshiping through each day | |
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| Worshiping at the rites of passage | |
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| Worshiping at occasional times and for specific needs | |
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| Suggestions | |
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| For further study | |
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| How is Christian worship like or unlike the practices of other religions in America? | |
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| Lumpers and splitters | |
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| Symbols and rituals in Judaism | |
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| Symbols and rituals in Islam | |
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| Symbols and rituals in other religions | |
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| Suggestions | |
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| For further study | |
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| How might Sunday worship affect daily life? | |
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| A liturgical spirituality | |
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| Gathering | |
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| Word | |
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| Meal | |
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| Sending | |
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| In conclusion | |
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| Suggestions | |
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| For further study | |
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| Chronology toward American Christian worship | |
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| Notes | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Cover Artist | |