Westerfield Tucker, Karen B. 1954-

American Methodist worship / Karen B. Westerfield Tucker. - xiv, 345 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - Religion in America series . - Religion in America series (Oxford University Press) .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-335) and index.

"Methodist worship is distinctive in many ways, yet it has never been the subject of a full-scale study. This book offers a comprehensive examination and analysis of Methodist practice, tracing its evolution from the earliest days up to the end of the twentieth century. Karen Westerfield Tucker looks beyond and behind the official liturgical texts to discover the processes and influences - ecclesiastical, social, and cultural - that motivated Methodists to rethink and reorganize their worship theology and praxis."--BOOK JACKET.

019512698X (alk. paper) 9780195126983 (alk. paper)

99049346

GBA0-W9049


Methodist Church--Liturgy.--United States
Public worship.

BX8337 / .T83 2001

264/.07/00973