The Assembly
A Spirituality
$53.75
- Hardcover
160 pages
- Release Date
5 September 2022
Summary
In his previous book, The Pastor: A Spirituality, Gordon W. Lathrop writes: “The most important symbol of Christ in the room is not the minister, not the altar, not even the bread and wine or the water of the font. It is the assembly, the Body of Christ, as the New Testament says” (page 27). This statement forms the central theme of this new book. Reflecting on the recent painful time of pandemic, when the wisest and most caring course was not to assemble at all, has illuminated the …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781506478814 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1506478816 |
| Author: | Gordon W. Lathrop |
| Publisher: | Augsburg Fortress Publishers |
| Imprint: | Fortress Press,U.S. |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 5 September 2022 |
| Weight: | 318g |
| Dimensions: | 248mm x 146mm |
About The Author
Gordon W. Lathrop
Gordon W. Lathrop has served as a parish pastor, as professor of liturgy at Wartburg Theological Seminary and the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, and as visiting professor at Yale Divinity School, the Virginia Theological Seminary, the University of Iceland, the University of Uppsala in Sweden, and the Pontifical Thomas Aquinas University in Rome. His books from Fortress Press include The Pastor: A Spirituality (2006), Holy People: A Liturgical Ecclesiology (1999), and, with Timothy Wengert, Christian Assembly (2004). He has been president of both the North American Academy of Liturgy and the international Societas Liturgica.
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