The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Liturgical Theology - (Wiley Blackwell Companions to Religion) by Porter C Taylor & Khalia J Williams (Hardcover)

About the Book

"There is a fascinating nineteenth-century story known by most North American Lutheran liturgists that might be of some interest to other liturgists as well. From 1837 until his death in early 1872, Johann Konrad Wilhelm Lèohe was the parish pastor in Neuendettelsau, a small village in Franconia within the Kingdom of Bavaria, who surprisingly mattered a great deal to the development of North American Lutheranism."-- Provided by publisher.

From the Back Cover

The first research-based volume of its kind, The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Liturgical Theology is an unprecedented collection of original essays on the meaning, depth, and breadth of liturgical theology. Designed for students, scholars, and practitioners alike, this comprehensive resource situates liturgical theology within the wider scheme of theological inquiry to present an expansive and interdisciplinary overview of the rapidly growing field.

Contributions by established and emerging scholars examine liturgical theology's historical development, methodologies, key literature, and future directions. Both an introduction to the field and a starting point for further research, the Companion covers all essential aspects of liturgical theology, ranging from foundational topics such as liturgical ecclesiology, hermeneutics, linguistics, and sacramental services to emerging scholarship in womanist liturgical theology, traumatic liturgy, and liberation theology.

Bringing together essays by a diverse and balanced panel of scholars representing more than a dozen denominations, The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Liturgical Theology is the ideal text for seminary and college courses on liturgical theology, the history of worship, and practical theology, and a must-read for theologians of all disciplines.

About the Author

PORTER C. TAYLOR is Rector of St. David's by the Sea Episcopal Church in Cocoa Beach, Florida, and Affiliate Assistant Professor of Christian Worship at Fuller Theological Seminary. He is Contributing Editor of We Give Our Thanks Unto Thee and his first monograph, A Re-Introduction to Liturgical Theology, will also be published by Wiley Blackwell in 2025.

KHALIA J. WILLIAMS is Associate Dean of Worship and Spiritual Formation, Associate Professor in the Practice of Worship, and Co-Director of the Baptist Studies Program at the Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. She is the co-author of A Worship Workbook and the co-editor of Theological Foundations of Worship.