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The Word in the Desert
Barry Spurr
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Description for The Word in the Desert
Hardcover. The first systematic, historical and critical study of the effects that the revision of liturgical language has had on the Western Church. This well-researched and provocative work will interest anyone concerned with the future of Christian worship. Num Pages: 224 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: HRCC7; HRCC91; HRCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 171 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392.
This is a study of one of the most extraordinary religious phenomena of the last thirty years. The disappearance of the Tridentine Mass and the unrelenting assault on the Book of Common Prayer have created widespread hostility and a substantial loss of church membership. An informed and well-researched survey of this diverse and burgeoning movement is timely and will be of considerable interest to church people throughout the world. The topic also has linguistic and sociological implications, and relevance to liturgiology, theology, Church history and literary criticism. Barry Spurr's book provides this broad cultural analysis in a clear and illuminating ... Read more
This is a study of one of the most extraordinary religious phenomena of the last thirty years. The disappearance of the Tridentine Mass and the unrelenting assault on the Book of Common Prayer have created widespread hostility and a substantial loss of church membership. An informed and well-researched survey of this diverse and burgeoning movement is timely and will be of considerable interest to church people throughout the world. The topic also has linguistic and sociological implications, and relevance to liturgiology, theology, Church history and literary criticism. Barry Spurr's book provides this broad cultural analysis in a clear and illuminating ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780718829216
SKU
V9780718829216
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99-15
About Barry Spurr
Barry Spurr has been an active member of the Prayer Book Society and has published several articles on liturgical changes. He is currently Professor of Poetry and Poetics in the University of Sydney where he has been teaching since 1976, and has published extensively on Renaissance and Modernist poetics, religious literature and liturgical language.
Reviews for The Word in the Desert
"... this book is a must. Members of all churches are deeply indebted to Dr Spurr for presenting such a vast amount of information and learning in one slim volume." -Financial Times "... a lively and informative book ... undoubtedly well-researched ... His thoughts on Feminism and Renewal are on the whole well-founded ... His chapter on Church Music ... Read more