Ancient Christian Worship ─ Early Church Practices in Social, Historical, and Theological Perspective

This introduction to the origins of Christian worship illuminates the importance of ancient liturgical patterns for contemporary Christian practice.

Andrew B. McGowan (PhD, University of Notre Dame), an Anglican priest, is president and dean of the Berkeley Divinity School and the J. L. Caldwell McFaddin and Rosine B. McFaddin Professor of Anglican Studies and Pastoral Theology at Yale Divinity School. He previously served as warden of Trinity College, University of Melbourne, and is the author ofAscetic Eucharists: Food and Drink in Early Christian Ritual Meals.