Theological Foundations of Worship – Biblical, Systematic, and Practical Perspectives

Khalia J. Williams (PhD, Graduate Theological Union) is associate dean of worship and music and associate professor in the practice of worship at Candler School of Theology, Emory University, in Atlanta, Georgia. Mark A. Lamport (PhD, Michigan State University) is professor of practical theology at graduate schools in the United States and Europe.

Contents

Preface by the Editors Khalia J. Williams and Mark A. Lamport
Series Introduction Nicholas Wolterstorff
Introduction    N. T. Wright
Part 1: Biblical Practices of Worship: Exegetical and Biblical Theology
1. Old Testament and Worship    Andrew E. Hill
2. New Testament and Worship    Pheme Perkins
Part 2: Theological Principles of Worship: Systematic and Historical Theology
3. Creation and Worship    W. David O. Taylor
4. God and Worship    Don E. Saliers
5. Humanity and Worship    Ronald T. Michener
6. Christology and Worship    Bruce T. Morrill
7. Pneumatology and Worship    Khalia J. Williams
8. Eschatology and Worship    Maurice Lee
9. Ecclesiology and Worship    Rhodora E. Beaton
10. Mission and Worship    Eugene R. Schlesinger
11. Mystery and Worship    Ivana Noble
12. Sanctification and Worship    Lizette Larson-Miller
Part 3: Cultural Possibilities for Worship: Practical and Apologetical Theology
13. Cultural Considerations and Sacred Significance of Time in Worship    Anne McGowan
14. Ecology and Worship    Teresa Berger
15. Individualism and Community within Worship Practices    E. Byron (Ron) Anderson
16. Secularization and Worship    James K. Wellman Jr.
17. Christian Worship in the Context of Other World Religions    Peter C. Phan
Epilogue: Pursuing a Theology of Worship    Martyn Percy
Index