Worship History for Worship Renewal

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Using in-depth case studies of selected historical churches, this course explores different practices in and understandings of Christian worship over the past two millennia. The course is designed to come to grips with basic issues in worship as represented by different traditions and with options for approaching worship renewal today, with an eye to using Trinitarian theology as the evaluative key. How might we borrow with integrity from our Christian past to renew worship today? Doctoral students taking the course will focus, in addition, on developing facility with researching historic, liturgical primary material