What is the right way to worship?Right worship does not require a return to the identical forms found in the early church or later in Rome or after that in Westminster. What it calls for is a faithful response today to the God of our salvation in light of those biblically ordered and historically informed patterns.In this study Robbie Castleman uncovers the fundamental shape of worship. What she unearths is a shape that is outlined in Scripture, enacted in Israel, refocused in the New Testament community, regulated and guarded by the Apostolic fathers, and recovered in the Reformation. It is a worship that can and does still shape the liturgy of many congregations today.
Table of Content
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: Biblical Patterns: Story-Shaped Liturgy
1. Genesis and the Gospel: Worship in the Beginnings
Workshop
2. Worship and Identity: Yahweh and Shâbath in the Torah, Prophets and Gospels
Workshop
3. Abad: Worship as Holy Service
Workshop
4. The Shape of Biblical Worship
Workshop
5. Worship by the Book
Workshop
6. Worship and Holiness
Workshop
7. Worship in Exile, Synagogues and the Early Church
Workshop
Part II: Historical Patterns: the Interpretations of Worship
8. Patristic Patterns for Christian Worship: Clarifying the Faith
Workshop
9. Reformation Patterns for Christian Worship: Recovering the Faith
Workshop
10. Contemporary Patterns for Christian Worship: Keeping the Faith
Workshop
Glossary
Topic Index
Scripture Index
For Further Reading
About the author
Robbie F. Castleman is professor of biblical studies and theology at John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. She previously served for several years as a staff member with Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship. She has written a number of Bible studies and books, including Story-Shaped Worship (IVP Academic).
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