Worship through the ages : how the great awakenings shape evangelical worship / Elmer L. Towns and Vernon M. Whaley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Towns, Elmer L., author.

Whaley, Vernon M., 1949- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Worship--History.

Worship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (473 p.)

Place of Publication:

Nashville : B & H Academic, [2012]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Through the Ages provides a practical, historical and philosophical study of the Great Spiritual Awakenings as related to the worship of evangelicals around the globe. This is a fascinating story that reveals a unifying, unbroken thread of events whereby one can trace the development of worship practices through the ages. With each move of God came a change in the way people worshiped. New paradigms were created, debated, accepted and passed on to the next generation. Narrative for this study is energized by telling ""the story"" of engaging personalitie

Contents:

Worship in the Old Testament, Part 1

Worship in the Old Testament, Part 2

Pentecost: a new expression of worship (AD 30-100)

Christianity sweeps across the Greco-Roman world (AD 100-500)

The Middle Ages (the Dark Ages) (500-1500)

Reformation (1517)

The awakening in Europe and America (1727-1790)

The camp meeting awakenings (1780-1820)

The Sunday school and Charles Finney revivals (1820-1850)

The laymen's prayer revival (1857-1890)

The Welsh revival (1904-1906)

The Azusa Street revival (1906-1908)

The revivalists and great evangelistic campaigns, Part 1 (1890-1935)

The revivalists and great evangelistic campaigns, Part 2 (1935-1960)

The baby boomer revival, Part 1 (1965-1985)

The baby boomer revival, Part 2 (1965-1985)

Moving toward a twenty-first-century great worship awakening.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781433673719

1433673711

OCLC:

815388964