Episcopal Life Online Daybook -- Today is Thursday, September 27, 2007.
* Today in Scripture: http://www.episcopalchurch.org/82457_ENG_HTM.htm * Today in Prayer: Anglican Cycle of Prayer: http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acp/index.cfm * Today in History: On this day in 1742, Hugh Boulter, Archbishop of Armagh and the Primate of all Ireland, died. Boutler also served as the chaplain to George I.
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Catalyst: "Short Trip to the Edge - Where Earth Meets Heaven: A Pilgrimage" from Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., by Charles E. Farhadian, 301 pages, paperback, c. 2007, $20
[Source: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.] As Christianity has boomed in the non-Western world, several significant questions have emerged regarding how worship and culture relate. Charles Farhadian presents a timely investigation of the interaction between culture and worship.
Leading scholars -- experts in history, mission, culture, and liturgy -- offer diverse essays addressing worship in the context of worldwide Christianity. At the heart of Christian worship worldwide are several case studies from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Pacific that explore the contours of particular nations, cultures, and liturgical actions. These essays show how Christian plurality is most vividly exemplified in the context of worship, where language, song, culture, and indigenous theology come together.
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