Includes bibliographical references (pages 206-207) and index.
Contents:
The context worshiping community : sixteenth-century Geneva -- Timeline -- Liturgical landscape -- Geographical landscape -- Cautions for studying Geneva's worship history -- Significant themes and practices to observe -- Describing the community's worship : John Calvin's Geneva, 1541-1564 -- Documenting the community's worship --Why study Geneva's worship? suggestions for devotional use -- Why study Geneva's worship? discussion questions for small groups -- Why study Geneva's worship? A guide for different disciplines and areas of interest.
Summary:
Bringing together a rich range of primary sources -- images, liturgies, sermons, letters, eyewitness accounts, and Genevan consistory records -- this book examines worship as it was taught and practiced in John Calvin's Geneva. Several of these primary sources are translated into English for the first time, offering new resources for studying Calvin and his context. Karin Maag uses Geneva as a case study for investigating the theology and practice of worship in the Reformation era. Covering the period from 1541 to 1564, the year of Calvin's death, Lifting Hearts to the Lord captures both Calvin's signal contribution to Reformation worship and the voices of ordinary Genevans as they navigated -- and debated, even fought about -- the changes in worship resulting from the Reformation.
Series:
The church at worship : case studies from Christian history
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.