{"product_id":"johnson-e-maxwell-praying-and-believing-in-early-christianity","title":"Johnson, E. Maxwell; Praying and Believing in early christianity","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat was the impact of liturgy on the development of orthodox doctrine in the early Christian church? With renowned liturgical historian Maxwell E. Johnson as a guide, readers of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePraying and Believing in Early Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewill discover the important and sometimes surprising ways that worship helped to shape what was believed, taught, and confessed. In particular, Johnson considers this relationship in terms of\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003esoteriology:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWhat is the role of grace in the process of salvation?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTrinity:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHow did early devotion to Christ and the church's baptismal and eucharistic liturgies help shape the developing doctrine of the Trinity?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eChrist and Mary:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWhat does the devotional and liturgical term theotokos say about them both?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eethics:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHow does the liturgy contribute not only to doctrine but also to convictions about morality?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohnson also explores the ways this relationship worked in the opposite direction: How did doctrinal developments shape liturgical texts in the patristic period? This is an excellent text for beginning students in liturgical studies at the master's level.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaxwell E. Johnson is emeritus professor of liturgy at the University of Notre Dame and a retired presbyter in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. His numerous publications are on the origins and development of early Christian liturgy, contemporary rites, and current ecumenical and theological questions in both East and West. He is the author and\/or editor of more than twenty-five books and over one hundred essays and articles. He is also a former president of the North American Academy of Liturgy, a member of the Society of Oriental Liturgy, a member of Societas Liturgica, and a member of the scientific advisory board for the journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEcclesia Orans.\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHe has received the Berakah Award from the North American Academy of Liturgy and the Christus Rex Award from the Liturgical Studies Institute at Valparaiso University.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liturgical Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54967413309653,"sku":"9780814682593","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/7884\/3838\/files\/8259.jpg?v=1789678358","url":"https:\/\/saintandrewsabbey.store\/products\/johnson-e-maxwell-praying-and-believing-in-early-christianity","provider":"Monks' Korner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}