Author: John Richard Humpidge MoormanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
A History of the Church in England
Author: John Richard Humpidge MoormanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Our Church
Author: Roger ScrutonPublisher: Atlantic Books
ISBN: 1782395040
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
For most people in England today, the church is simply the empty building at the end of the road, visited for the first time, if at all, when dead. It offers its sacraments to a population that lives without rites of passage, and which regards the National Health Service rather than the National Church as its true spiritual guardian. Here, Scruton argues that the Anglican Church is the forlorn trustee of an architectural and artistic inheritance that remains one of the treasures of European civilization. He contends that it is a still point in the centre of English culture and that its defining texts, the King James Bible and the Book of Common Prayer are the sources from which much of our national identity derives. At once an elegy to a vanishing world and a clarion call to recognize Anglicanism's continuing relevance, Our Church is a graceful and persuasive book.
A Little History Of The English Country Church
Author: Roy StrongPublisher: Random House
ISBN: 1448138795
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Beautifully illustrated narrative history of the English country church In his engaging account, Sir Roy Strong celebrates the life of the English parish church From the arrival of the missionaries from Ireland and Rome, to the beautiful architecture and rich spirituality of medieval Catholicism; from the cataclysm of the Reformation, to the gentrified cleric we meet in Jane Austen novels, Roy Strong takes us on a journey - historical, social and spiritual - to explore what men and women experienced through the age when they went to church on Sunday. ‘Anyone with the slightest interest in the English parish church, of its life today, or its history will be intrigued, informed and enchanted by this lucid, and occasionally provocative, account’ Country Life
A History of the Christian Church
Author: Williston WalkerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church history
Languages : en
Pages : 662
Book Description
O Sing unto the Lord
Author: Andrew GantPublisher: Profile Books
ISBN: 1782830502
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 605
Book Description
Andrew Gant's compelling account traces English church music from Anglo-Saxon origins to the present. It is a history of the music and of the people who made, sang and listened to it. It shows the role church music has played in ordinary lives and how it reflects those lives back to us. The author considers why church music remains so popular and frequently tops the classical charts and why the BBC's Choral Evensong remains the longest-running radio series ever. He shows how England's church music follows the contours of its history and is the soundtrack of its changing politics and culture, from the mysteries of the Mass to the elegant decorum of the Restoration anthem, from stern Puritanism to Victorian bombast, and thence to the fractured worlds of the twentieth century as heard in the music of Vaughan Williams and Britten. This is a book for everyone interested in the history of English music, culture and society.
The Music of the English Parish Church: Volume 1
Author: Nicholas TemperleyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521274579
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 496
Book Description
Companion volume (v. 2) contains examples of the music, sources and critical notes.
Church History
Author: Johann Heinrich KurtzPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Church history
Languages : en
Pages : 578
Book Description
The History of the English Church and People
Author: Saint Bede (the Venerable)Publisher: Barnes & Noble Publishing
ISBN: 9780760765517
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
A History of the Church in England
Author: J. R. H. MoormanPublisher: Church Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 0819220957
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 507
Book Description
A comprehensive history of the Christianity in Great Britain from the Roman Empire, through the Reformation and the 20th century. This authoritative account of the Church in England covers its history from earliest times to the late twentieth century. Includes chapters on the Roman, Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, Norman, and Medieval periods before a description of the Reformation and its effects, the Stuart period, and the Industrial Age, with a final chapter on the modern church through 1972. “[JRH Moorman’s]]] work has all the qualities of that rare achievement, a good textbook. It is written in a plain but eminently readable expository prose . . . a piece of authentic historical writing, in which the author communicates his interest to the reader without misleading him.”―The Times Educational Supplement
And Did Those Feet
Author: Patrick WhitworthPublisher: Sacristy Press
ISBN: 178959152X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 661
Book Description
A comprehensive, up-to-date and accessible overview of the history of Christianity in England from its earliest days to the present. The ideal gift for all who want to understand what it means to be Christian in England.