Scarecrow Press
Pages: 328
Trim: 6¼ x 9⅜
978-0-8108-4653-1 • Hardback • April 2003 • $154.00 • (£119.00)
William S. Kervin is Assistant Professor of Public Worship, Emmanuel College, Toronto, Ontario, and an ordained minister in The United Church of Canada.
Chapter 1 List of Tables
Chapter 2 Abbreviations
Chapter 3 Acknowledgments
Chapter 4 Introduction
Part 5 Part I: The Founding Ethos and Its Forms
Chapter 6 1. Baptism in the Founding Traditions and Forms of Service
Part 7 Part II: Coming of Age through Common Order
Chapter 8 2. Baptism in The Book of Common Order
Chapter 9 3. Liturgical Reform, United Church-Style
Part 10 Part III: Responding to the Contemporary
Chapter 11 4. Baptism in the Service Book
Chapter 12 5. Liturgical Reform in Turbulent Times
Part 13 Part IV: Ecumenical Convergence in Christian Initiation
Chapter 14 6. Baptism in Baptism and Renewal of Baptismal Faith
Chapter 15 7. Liturgical Reform in an Ecumenical Context
Part 16 Part V: The Language of Baptism and the Language of Worship
Chapter 17 8. Liturgical Reform through Recovery and Renewal
Chapter 18 Bibliography
Chapter 19 Index
Chapter 20 About the Author
"Kervin has stepped in to fill in some of the gaps in the history of the baptismal liturgies of The United Church of Canada. For this he should be warmly thanked. Those who teach liturgical studies in theological colleges will find the various tables particularly helpful in guiding students in their own consideration of the historical, theological and pastoral dimensions of these baptismal liturgies. This is a fine book and an indispensable addition to the libraries of theological schools, liturgical scholars and students...."
— Richard Geoggrey Leggett, Vancouver School of Theology; Toronto Journal Of Theology