Theological Foundations of Worship: Biblical, Systematic, and Practical Perspectives (Worship Foundations)
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
This volume brings together an ecumenical team of scholars to present key theological concepts related to worship to help readers articulate their own theology of worship. Contributors explore the history of theology’s impact on worship practices across the Christian tradition, highlighting themes such as creation, pneumatology, sanctification, and mission. The book includes introductions by N. T. Wright and Nicholas Wolterstorff. A forthcoming volume will address the historical foundations of worship.
- Explores the history of theology’s impact on worship practices across the Christian tradition
- Highlights themes such as creation, pneumatology, sanctification, and mission
- Features an ecumenical team of scholars to present key theological concepts
Top Highlights
“Here the imitation of Christ is not first and foremost an imitation of Jesus’s own baptism but rather an imitation of Christ’s dying and rising. In the Pauline theology the transformative movement is through death to the old life, signified by ‘drowning’ in the waters of baptism; and then new life, a resurrected life, symbolized by being pulled out of the font. We know that these two ancient symbolic systems (birth and death) are both rooted in Scripture and tradition, and both emphasize change—the sanctification and transformation of the individual and the community. We also know that the preference for one set of images would predominate in Eastern Christianity (the model of Jesus’s own baptism) versus the Pauline dying and rising dominating in Western Christian baptismal theology.” (Page 176)
“The rest of the biblical narrative tells the story of God’s relentless and gracious pursuit of humanity, to restore the worship we once knew in the intimacy of his divine Presence.” (Page 4)
“the ultimate purpose in worship is the glory of God” (Page 7)