Praying Shapes Believing: A Theological Commentary on The Book of Common Prayer

by Leonel Lake Mitchell

Publisher:

Morehouse Publishing

, 1985

Overview

Praying Shapes Believing is both a contribution to ongoing scholarly dialogue about how to do liturgical theology and an exposition of the liturgical theology of the Episcopal Church; a church which more than any other church seeds its own identity through its liturgy. This in-depth look at the Book of Common Prayer systematically gives a theological answer to the question, “What does it mean that we act and speak these particular words of liturgy?”

The book has a two-point focus. The first is to set forth the liturgical theology of a particular liturgy without importing a priori considerations from sources outside the liturgy itself. The second focus is an expansion of the theology of The Book of Common Prayer as the expression of the faith and life of the Episcopal Church.

Key Features

• Provides insight into the ongoing scholarly dialogue about how to do liturgical theology
• Gain an in-depth look at the Book of Common Prayer
• Gives an exposition of the liturgical theology of the Episcopal Church

Contents

• The Service of the Church
• The Calendar, Times and Seasons
• The Daily Office
• The Great Vigil of Easter
• Christian Initiation
• The Holy Eucharist
• The Pastoral Offices
• Ordination Rites
• The Theology of the Prayer Book

Product Details

• Title: Praying Shapes Believing: A Theological Commentary on The Book of Common Prayer
• Author: Leonel Lake Mitchell
• Publisher: Morehouse Publishing
• Print Publication Date: 1985
• Logos Release Date: 2016
• Pages: 352
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Episcopal Church. Book of common prayer (1979); Episcopal Church › Liturgy; Anglican Communion › Liturgy
• ISBNs: 0819215538, 9780819215536
• Resource ID: LLS:PRYNGSHPSCMPRYR
• Resource Type: Commentary
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T02:27:50Z

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About Leonel Lake Mitchell

Leonel L. Mitchell is an Episcopal priest and retired professor of liturgics at Seabury-Western Seminary. He is also the author of several books.