This seminal work by one of the world's most distinguished liturgical scholars fills an important gap in the history of the Church of Scotland and of Scottish worship. It offers an in-depth narrative of a neglected liturgical legacy and a perceptive analysis of the Church's evolving patterns of worship from the middle of the 19th century to the present day.

This seminal work by one of the world's most distinguished liturgical scholars fills an important gap in the history of the Church of Scotland and of Scottish worship.

Bryan D. Spinks

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Dedication

Opponent and overseers of change

Preface

Biographical Note

List of Photographs

Introduction

1. Inherited Patterns of Public Prayer and the ‘Specimens of the Various Services of Presbyterian Worship’

2. Liturgical Disruption: Dr Robert Lee of Greyfriars Edinburgh

3. The Church Service Society and the Euchologion

4. Nineteenth-Century Public Worship Provisions in the United Presbyterian Church, the Free Church of Scotland and a Communion Service of the Free Presbyterian Church

5. Worship’s Companions: The Playing of the Merry Organ, Hymns, and Sweet Singing in the Choir

6. Worship and the High Church Party: The So-called Scoto-Catholics and the Scottish Church Society

7. Integrating Some of the Pieces: Culture, Ecclesiology, Architecture and Case Studies

8. Forms of Worship Between Two Unions and Two World Wars, 1900–40

9. The Ecumenical and Liturgical Movements and the ‘Last Years of Modernity’: 1940–79

10. Into Postmodernity

11. Some Final Thoughts and Reflections

Appendix: The Chapel Royal in Scotland

Bibliography

This seminal work by one of the world’s most distinguished liturgical scholars fills an important gap in the history of the Church of Scotland and of Scottish worship. It offers an in-depth narrative of a neglected liturgical legacy and a perceptive analysis of the Church’s evolving patterns of worship from the middle of the 19th century to the present day.

This seminal work by one of the world's most distinguished liturgical scholars fills an important gap in the history of the Church of Scotland and of Scottish worship. It offers an in-depth narrative of a neglected liturgical legacy and a perceptive analysis of the Church's evolving patterns of worship from the middle of the 19th century to the present day. A magisterial study, it includes: • Inherited Patterns of Public Prayer • Liturgical Disruption: Dr Robert Lee Of Greyfriars, Edinburgh • The Church Service Society and The Euchologion • Nineteenth Century Public Worship Provisions, including open-air communions • Worship's Companions: Hymns and Choirs • Worship and the High Church Parties • Culture, Ecclesiology and Architecture • Worship Between the Two World Wars • The Ecumenical and Liturgical Movements • Into Postmodernity and the Present

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Scottish Presbyterian Worship

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