General Texts

Bradshaw, P. The Search for the Origins of Christian Worship [BV10.2]
Cumming, G.J. A History of Anglican Liturgy [BX5141]
Jones, C. Wainwright, G. & Yarnold, E. The Study of Liturgy [BV5]
Kavanagh, A. On Liturgical Theology [BV178]
White, J.F. A Brief History of Christian Worship [BV5]
White, J.F. Introduction to Christian Worship [BV176]
Withey, D. Catholic Worship: An Introduction to Liturgy [BX1970]

Origins of Christian Worship:

Dix, G. The Shape of the Liturgy [BV175]
Danielou, J. The Bible and the Liturgy [BV178]
Jasper, R.C.D. & Cuming, G.J. Prayers of the Eucharist [BV826.5]
Kavanagh, A. The Shape of Baptism [BV800]
Koester, H. History and Literature of Early Christianity [BS 2410]
Kyrtatas, D.J. The Social Structure of the Early Christian Communities [BR165]
Macmullen, R. & Lane, E.N. Paganism and Christianity 100-425 CE [BR170]
Meeks, W.A. The First Urban Christians [BR163]
Metzger, M. History of the Liturgy [BX1970]
Sawyer, D.F. Women and Religion in the First Christian Centuries [BL815.W6]
Stambaugh, J. & Balch, D. The Social World of the First Christians [BR166]
Taft, R. The Liturgy of the Hours in East and West [BX2000]
Theissen, G. The First Followers of Jesus [BR166]
Whitaker, E.C. Documents of the Baptismal Liturgy [BX5011.A63]

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Day, P.D. (ed) Eastern Christian Liturgies: The Armenian, Coptic, Ethiopian and Syrian Rites (in English translation), Eucharistic rites /with introductory notes and rubrical instructions [BX107]
Taft, R.F. The Byzantine Rite: A Short History. [BX350]
Taft, R.F. Liturgy in Byzantium and Beyond. [BX350]

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Worship, City and Empire:

Baldovin, J.F. Liturgy in Ancient Jerusalem [BX5011]
Baldovin, J.F. The Urban Character of Christian Worship [DF546]
Bishop, E. ‘The Genius of the Roman Rite’ (photocopy)
Hunt, E.D. Holy Land Pilgrimage in the Later Roman Empire [BX2323]
Yarnold, E. The Awe Inspiring Rites of Initiation (Cyril’s sermons photocopied)
Stevenson, K. Nuptial Blessing [BX5011]

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Theology, Theory and the Technical Terms

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Anderson, M.D. Drama and Imagery in English Medieval Churches [PR641]
Duffy, E. The Stripping of the Altars, Traditional Religion in England 1400-1580 [BR750]
Hanawalt, B.A. & Reyerson, K.L. (eds) City and Spectacle in Medieval Europe [GT 4841]
Harper, J. The Forms and Orders of Western Liturgy from the Tenth to the Eighteenth Century, A Historical Introduction and Guide for Students and Musicians [ML 3080]
Le Roy Ladurie, E. Montaillou, Cathars and Catholics in a French Village 1294-1324 [DC611]
Swanson, R.N. (ed) Catholic England, Faith, Religion and Observance before the Reformation [BR746]
Vogel, C. Medieval Liturgy, An Introduction to the Sources [BX1973]

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The Reformation and Beyond:

Eire, C.M.N. War Against the idols, The Reformation of Worship from Erasmus to Calvin [BR307]

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Revision and Renewal:

Chadwick, O. The Victorian Church, 2 Vols [BR759/BX5093]
Clark, K. The Gothic Revival [NA966]
Davies, H. Worship and Theology in England, Vols 3 & 4 [BR755]
Guéranger, P. The Work of God: Christian Life in the Spirit of Solesmes [BX4705.G704]
Hebert, A. (ed) The Parish Communion, A Book of Essays [BX5149.C5]
Nockles, P.B. The Oxford Movement in Context [BX5100]
Wainwright, G. Worship With One Accord: Where Liturgy and Ecumenism Embrace [BX9.5.L5]

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Devotion and Diversity:

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Benedict, R. Patterns of Culture [GN320/B]
Bruce, S. Religion in Modern Britain [BR759]
Cohen, A. Belonging, Identity and Social Organisation in British Rural Cultures. [HN389/B]
Cohen, A. Symbolic Construction of Community. [HM131/L]
Congar, Y. Lay People in the Church [OLRC 262.15/CON]
Davie, G. Religion in Britain Since 1945: Believing without Belonging [BR759]
Francis, L. & Kay, W. Teenage Religion and Values [BV1475.2]
Hopewell, J. Congregation, Stories and Structures [BV700]
McGavran, D. Understanding Church Growth [OLRC 266/MAC]
Richter, P. & Francis, L. Gone but Not Forgotten: Church Leaving and Returning [OLRC 262.15/RIC]
Ward, C. Priests and People: A Study in the Sociology of Religion [HM31/W]

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Encountering the Text:

Cox, H. The Feast of Fools [BR115.L8]
Davies, J.G. Every Day God [BT767]
Douglas, M. Natural Symbols [BL604.B63/D]
Flanagan, K. Sociology and Liturgy [BV10.2]
Martin, D. The Breaking of the Image [BV150]
Perham, M. Liturgy for a New Century [BX5145]
Perham, M. Towards Liturgy 2000 [BX5145]
Pickstock, C. After Writing [BR100/P]
Wren, B. What Language Shall I Borrow? [BT83.55/W]
Zimmerman, J.A. Liturgy as Language of Faith [BX1970/Z]

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On Doing Religion:

Geertz, C. The Interpretation of Cultures [HM101/G]
Humphrey C. & Laidlaw, J. The Archetypal Actions of Ritual [OLRC 294.438/HUM]
Sperber, D. Rethinking Symbolism [HM107/S]
Stark, R. ‘Church and Sect’ in P. Hammond (ed) The Sacred in a Secular Age [BL48]
Stringer, M. On the Perception of Worship [BV10.2/S]
Taussig, M. Shamanism, Colonialism and the Wild Man [F2269]

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