THE ROLE OF THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER IN THE FORMATION OF MODERN ANGLICAN CHURCH IDENTITY: A Study of English Parochial Worship, 1750-1850; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Patterns of Worship in the Eighteenth-century Church; Chapter 1: The Prayer Book and Anglican Identity; Chapter 2: The Prayer Book and Church Reform; Chapter 3: The Prayer Book and the Laity; Chapter 4: The Prayer Book and the Clergy; Chapter 5: The Music of Parochial Worship; Conclusion: A Decent Order and Godly Discipline; Bibliography; Index
Summary
This research draws on a broad range of original sources, many neglected in existing studies, to offer a re-assessment of the role of the Book of Common Prayer in defining the identity of the Church of England and its worship from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-nineteenth century. Contrary to conventional accounts, this book argues that the decades after 1750 were also a time of significant renewal and reform
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-313) and index
