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TOP ACADEMIC BOOKS ON THE HISTORY OF WORSHIP

This selection of books is divided into the following sections:


GENERAL
Christian Liturgy: Catholic and Evangelical Senn, Frank C. Augsburg Fortress Publishers
(April 1, 1997)
A History of Women in Christian Worship White, Susan J. Pilgrim Press
(December 1, 2003)
The Study of Liturgy Jones, Cheslyn ed. Oxford University Press
(January 1, 1992)
The Missionary Movement in Christian History: Studies in the Transmission of Faith Walls, Andrew F. Orbis Books
(September 1, 1996)
Church History: An Introduction to Research, Reference Works, and Methods James E. Bradley and Muller, Richard Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
(August 1, 1995)
Liturgies of the Western Church Thompson, Bard Augsburg Fortress Publishers
(November 1, 1980)
 
BIBLICAL PERIOD
At the Origins of Christian Worship: The Context and Character of Earliest Christian Devotion Hurtado, Larry W. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
(September 1, 2000)
Praying by the Book: The Scripturalization of Prayer in Second Temple Judaism Newman, Judith H. Society of Biblical Literature
(1999)
Penitential Prayer in Second Temple Judaism: The Development of a Religious Institution Werline, Rodney Alan Society of Biblical Literature
(1998)
Daily, Sabbath, and Festival Prayers in the Dead Sea Scrolls Falk, Daniel K. Brill Academic Publishers
(February 1, 1998)
 
EARLY CHURCH
The Search for the Origins of Christian Worship: Sources and Methods For the Study of Early Liturgy Bradshaw, Paul F. Oxford University Press
(May 1, 2002)
The Origins of Christian Worship: The Context and Character of Earliest Christian Devotion Hurtado, Larry W. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
(September 1, 2000)
Ambrose of Milan's Method of Mystagogical Preaching Satterlee, Craig Liturgical Press
(May 1, 2002)
Apostolic Constitutions Bradshaw, Paul, et al Augsburg Fortress Publishers
(October 1, 2002)
 
EASTERN CHURCH
The Byzantine Rite: A Short History Taft, Robert F. Liturgical Press
(November 1, 1992)
The Urban Character of Christian Worship: The Origins, Development, and Meaning of Stational Liturgy Baldovin, John F. Edizioni Orientalia Christiana
(1987)
Essays on Early Eastern Eucharistic Prayers Bradshaw, Paul F. Liturgical Press
(November 1, 1997)
 
MEDIEVAL CHURCH
Corpus Christi: The Eucharist in Late Medieval Culture Rubin, Miri Cambridge University Press
(October 29, 1992)
Birth, Marriage and Death: Ritual, Religion and the Life-Cycle In Tudor and Stuart England Cressy, David Oxford University Press
(July 1, 1999)
Medieval Liturgy: An Introduction to the Sources Vogel, Cyrille Pastoral Press
(September 1, 1986)
Ritual in Early Modern Europe Muir, Edward Cambridge University Press
(August 28, 1997)
The Divine Office in the Latin Middle Ages: Methodology and Source Studies, Regional Developments, Hagiography Fassler, Margot E. and Baltzer, Rebecca A. Oxford University Press
(August 2, 2000)
The Mass of the Roman Rite: Its Origins and Development Jungmann, Joseph A. Burns & Oates
(1959)
The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England 1400-1580 Duffy, Eamon Yale University Press
(May 10, 2005)
 
REFORMATION and BEYOND
Sacraments, Ceremonies and the Stuart Divines: Sacramental Theology and Liturgy in England and Scotland, 1603-1662 Spinks, Bryan D. Ashgate Publishing
(May 1, 2002)
Worship in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: Change and Continuity in Religious Practice Maag, Karin and Witvliet, John D.    University of Notre Dame Press
(May 30, 2004)
The Body Broken: The Calvinist Doctrine of the Eucharist and the Symbolization of Power in Sixteenth-Century France Elwood, Christopher Oxford University Press
(December 1, 1998)
Worship and Theology in England: From Cranmer to Baxter and Fox, 1534-1690 Davies, Horton Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
(March 1, 1996)
Worship and Theology in England: From Watts and Wesley to Martineau, 1690-1900 Davies, Horton Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
(March 1, 1996)
Worship and Theology in England: The Ecumenical Century, 1900 to the Present Davies, Horton Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
(April 1, 1996)
Roman Catholic Worship: Trent to Today White, James F. Liturgical Press
(September 1, 2003)
Liturgy Wars: Ritual Theory and Protestant Reform in Nineteenth-Century Zurich Vial, Theodore M.   Routledge
(August 1, 2003)
 
AMERICA
Sacred Song in America: Religion, Music, and Public Culture Marini, Stephen A. University of Illinois Press
(May, 2003)
Singing the Lord's Song in a Strange Land: Hymnody in the History of North American Protestantism Blumhofer, Edith L. and Noll, Mark A. University of Alabama Press
(July 19, 2004)
Public Worship, Private Faith: Sacred Harp and American Folksong Bealle, John University of Georgia Press
(October 1, 1997)
The Language of the Psalms in Worship: American Revisions of Watts' Psalter Stackhouse, Rochelle A. Scarecrow Press
(June 12, 1997)
How Sweet the Sound: Music in the Spiritual Lives of Americans Stowe, David W. Harvard University Press
(April 30, 2004)
American Methodist Worship Tucker, Karen B. Westerfield Oxford University Press
(March 1, 2001)
The Altar Call: Its Origins and Present Usage Bennett, David University Press of America
(November 8, 2000)
Holy Fairs: Scottish Communions and American Revivals in the Early Modern Period Schmidt, Leigh Eric Princeton University Press
(January 1, 1990)
The New England Soul: Preaching and Religious Culture in Colonial New England Stout, Harry Oxford University Press
(September 1, 1988)
Democratization of American Christianity Hatch, Nathan Yale University Press
(January 23, 1991)
A Little Heaven Below: Worship at Early Methodist Quarterly Meetings Ruth, Lester Kingswood Books
(May 1, 2000)
 
RECENT HISTORY
The Reform of the Liturgy: 1948-1975 Bugnini, Annibale Liturgical Press
(March 1, 1990)
The New International Dictionary of Pentecostal Charismatic Movements Burgess, Stanley M. Zondervan
(June 1, 2002)
 
ARCHITECTURE
When Church Became Theatre: The Transformation of Evangelical Architecture and Worship in Nineteenth-Century America Kilde, Jeanne Halgren Oxford University Press
(July 1, 2002)
The Gothic Revival and American Church Architecture: An Episode of Taste 1840-1856 Stanton, Phoebe B. The Johns Hopkins University Press
(June 1, 1997)
From Meetinghouse to Megachurch: A Material and Cultural History Loveland, Anne C. and Wheeler, Otis B. University of Missouri Press
(November 1, 2003)
Theology in Stone: Church Architecture from Byzantium to Berkeley Kieckhefer, Richard Oxford University Press
(March 1, 2004)
Buildings, Faith and Worship: The Liturgical Arrangement of Anglican Churches 1600-1900 Yates, Nigel Oxford University Press
(June 1, 2001)
House of God: Region, Religion and Architecture in the United States Williams, Peter W. University of Illinois Press
(August 1, 2000)
Heaven On Earth: Art and the Church in Byzantium Safran, Linda Pennsylvania State University Press
(June 1, 1998)
 
MUSIC
Te Deum: The Church and Music Westermeyer, Paul Augsburg Fortress Publishers
(June 1, 1998)
The Advent Project: The Later-Seventh-Century Creation of the Roman Mass Proper McKinnon, James University of California Press
(August 14, 2000)
Johann Sebastian Bach and Liturgical Life in Leipzig Stiller, Günter Concordia Publishing House
(June 1, 1984)
Worship Wars in Early Lutheranism: Choir, Congregation, and Three Centuries of Conflict Herl, Joseph Oxford University Press
(June 1, 2004)
Readings in African American Church Music and Worship Abbington, James GIA Publications
(April 1, 2002)
 
EUCHARIST
Eucharist and Eschatology Wainwright, Geoffrey Oxford University Press
(July 1, 1981)
From Symposium to Eucharist: The Banquet in the Early Christian World Smith, Dennis E.   Augsburg Fortress Publishers
(January 1, 2003)
Evangelical Eucharistic Thought in the Church of England Cocksworth, Christopher J.   Cambridge University Press
(January 14, 1993)
Eucharist and Offering Stevenson, Kenneth Pueblo Publishing Company
(October 1, 1992)
 
BAPTISM
Baptism in the Reformed Tradition: An Historical and Practical Theology Riggs, John W. Westminster John Knox Press
(August 1, 2002)
Documents of the Baptismal Liturgy Whitaker, E.C., ed. Liturgical Press
(November 1, 2003)
The Shaping of the Reformed Baptismal Rite in the Sixteenth Century Old, Hughes Oliphant Eerdmans Publishing Company
(April 1, 1992)
The Rites of Christian Initiation: The Evolution and Interpretation Johnson, Maxwell E. Liturgical Press
(April 1, 1999)
Redeeming Time: The Wisdom of Ancient Jewish and Christian Festal Calendars Chilton, Bruce Hendrickson Publishers
(September 1, 2002)
 
LITURGICAL YEAR
The Origins of the Liturgical Year Talley, Thomas J. Liturgical Press
(April 1, 1991)
Redeeming Time: The Wisdom of Ancient Jewish and Christian Festal Calendars Chilton, Bruce Hendrickson Publishers
(September 1, 2002)

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