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Recovering mother Kirk: the case for liturgy in the reformed tradition

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There has been a great deal of attention given to the phenomenon of pastors leaving the Protestant fold to join the historic Churches. Motivated by concerns over the triviality of much of what passes for Protestant worship and by an ahistoric and individualistic approach to doctrine, these converts have often sacrificed promising careers in the Protestant ministry for the chance to experience meaningful worship and doctrinal roots stretching beyond the last few centuries. Less noticed, however, is a move among Protestants who, while understanding the motivations of those who left, hold to doctrinal positions expressible only in the Reformation Churches. Rather than sacrifice their beliefs for a richer worship and a more historically rooted theological approach, they have chosen to sound a call to rethink the ideas that have dominated the discussion in Protestantism in the last century and recapture the ideals that fueled the Reformation - including their use of liturgy and their understanding of the historic beliefs of the Christian Faith enshrined in the Creeds.
A major entry in this growing movement is Recovering Mother Kirk by D. G. Hart. The title indicates the attachment to the Presbyterian cause of the author but this should not dissuade others from benefiting from his well reasoned analysis. The ills of the modern Church are not isolated by denominational boundaries and though Hart is primarily concerned with the Reformed tradition, his points can apply (with appropriate adjustments) to others as well.

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262.042 HAR r

Z. HANDIMAN

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262.042 HAR r

Publisher

Eugene : Wipf & Stock Publ.., 2003

Collation

263p.; 23 cm.

Language

English

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978-1-62564-693-4

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262.042

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REFORMED CHURCH - DOCTRINES

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