Volume 36 Winter 2000

Preaching is not the only way in which Scripture is interpreted in the course of worship. Both Cranmer and Knox sought a high place for the Bible but, the former distillation, the latter amplified quotation. The Alternative Service Book has been said to be not so much biblical as Biblicist, too many snippets torn from… Read More

Opening with an extended passage from Gregory Dix which celebrates the range of times and circumstances where Communion is celebrated, he explores the tension between continuity and difference in worship. The writer approaches the question How far may worship be ‘local’? within the context of the history (e.g. place in New Town, Disruption, ordination of… Read More

To Glorify God: Essays on Modern Reformed Liturgy, ed Bryan D Spinks and Iain R Torrance, reviewed by Douglas M Murray The Christian Year: Calendar, Lectionary and Collects, Church House Publishing, 1997 The Lectionary: Scripture Readings for Sunday Worship throughout the Year, reprinted fromCommon Order 1994, St Andrew Press 1997; both books reviewed by Jolyon Mitchell