This volume works through all the elements of the new liturgical material. Each section includes the history and theology of the service, and a commentary on the text. Like its predecessor, it sets out to be the standard reference book for the field.
Paul Bradshaw is Professor of Liturgy at the University of Notre Dame, and priest-vicar of Westminster Abbey and a member of the C of E Liturgical Commission. He is the author or editor of several major books published by SPCK (The Search for the Origins of Christian Worship, Eucharistic Origins, Reconstructing Early Christian Worship, The Study of Liturgy, A Companion to Common Worship vols 1 and 2).