{"product_id":"turning-points-in-prayer-book-history-9781640657601","title":"Turning Points in Prayer Book History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the publisher of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Living Church\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e and a leading Anglican scholar, the story of the development of the American Prayer Book through nine critical turning points. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Book of Common Prayer has a central place in the faith and practice of Anglicans around the world and, within the United States, in The Episcopal Church. In their exciting and comprehensive new work, Nathan Jennings and Matthew Olver offer a fresh and original argument: the American prayer book tradition is not merely a historical artifact but a living body of binding precedent — similar to a constitutional tradition that actively governs liturgical interpretation and revision today. Drawing on the analogy of common law, Jennings and Olver identify nine decisive moments in prayer book history, from Thomas Cranmer's founding criteria for liturgical reform in 1549 to the contested marriage rites of the contemporary Episcopal Church, showing how each turning point set precedent that still bears upon decisions made in worship planning and General Convention alike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnlike conventional prayer book histories that narrate events chronologically, \u003ci\u003eTurning Points in Prayer Book History\u003c\/i\u003e argues that tradition is something earned through active engagement, not merely inherited. Clergy, ordinands, and lay leaders who have vowed to uphold the doctrine, discipline, and worship of The Episcopal Church will find here both the historical grounding and the theological framework to make those vows meaningful. Enriched by archival photographs of rare prayer books, discussion questions, and a liturgical glossary, this is an essential resource for seminary courses, book studies, and anyone navigating the current moment of prayer book revision.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eTurning Points\u003c\/i\u003e is the book The Episcopal Church needs at the very moment it faces the question of what comes next, and I would expect it to become a standard text for ordination preparation and liturgical committee work for at least a generation.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Rt. Rev. C. Andrew Doyle, IX Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nathan G. Jennings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48170384031995,"sku":"9781640657601","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_81d23da4-b3e1-400d-b7f7-40b8d6d25f77.jpg?v=1779770179","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/turning-points-in-prayer-book-history-9781640657601","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}