The Oxford Handbook of the Book of Common Prayer

Ruth A. Meyers is Hodges-Haynes Professor Emerita of Liturgics at Church Divinity School of the Pacific, Berkeley and a member of the Core Doctoral Faculty of the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley. She is a past president of the North American Academy of Liturgy, and a past member of the Steering Committee of the International Anglican Liturgical Consultation.Luiz Carlos Teixeira Coelho is a Spanish-Portuguese Brazilian-born Anglican priest and the Custodian of the Book of Common Prayer for the Igreja Episcopal Anglicana do Brasil. He serves on the Societas Liturgica Council and the Steering Committee of the International Anglican Liturgical Consultation. As a professor at Rio de Janeiro State University, he teaches in the School of Engineering and the Program of Liturgy and Art.Paul F. Bradshaw is Emeritus Professor of Liturgy at the University of Notre Dame. He formerly served in a number of academic positions in England. He is a past president of Societas Liturgica and of the North American Academy of Liturgy, and a past chair of the Steering Committee of the International Anglican Liturgical Consultation.

• List of Contributors Introduction Paul F. Bradshaw, Luiz Carlos Teixeira Coelho, Ruth A. Meyers Part I The Book in Context 1. The Book of Common Prayer and Anglican Identity Christopher Irvine 2. Colonial Legacy of the Book of Common Prayer Jennifer C. Snow 3. Inculturation Phillip Tovey 4. Liturgical Revision and the Book of Common Prayer Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook 5. How the Book of Common Prayer Shapes--and Is Shaped by--Other Liturgical Traditions Melanie C. Ross 6. Books of Occasional Services and Other Supplemental Books Shawn O. Strout Part II. Language 7. Prayer Book Language through Time Bridget Nichols 8. Inclusive Language in the Book of Common Prayer Charles Read 9. The Challenges of Translating Liturgies Pierre W. Whalon 10. Language and Doctrine: The Didactic Use of Liturgy Bryan D. Spinks Part III. The Prayer Book Enacted 11. Performance of the Liturgy Stephanie A. Budwey 12. Service Music and Congregational Song Anne Bagnall Yardley 13. The Book of Common Prayer and Liturgical Space Richard Giles 14. Children and the Book of Common Prayer Stephen R. Shaver Part IV. The Calendar and Liturgical Year 15. The Concept of the Liturgical Year Sylvia A. Sweeney 16. Lectionaries Hilary M. Bogert-Winkler 17. The Triduum in the Book of Common Prayer James W. Farwell 18. Calendars of Saints Júlio Eduardo dos Santos Ribeiro Reis Simões Part V. Initiation 19. Initiatory Preparation and Practice in the Anglican Tradition Jason Haddox 20. Baptismal Theology: Faith and Baptism Melissa M. Hartley 21. Ethical Implications of Baptism: Togetherness and Transformation as an Ontological Feature of Creation Paulo Ueti 22. The Relationship of Baptism and Confirmation: What Constitutes Christian Initiation? Ruth A. Meyers 23. Admission to Communion in the Book of Common Prayer: Evolution and Challenges Luiz Carlos Teixeira Coelho and Juan M. C. Oliver Part VI. Daily Offices and Services of the Word 24. The Form and Function of the Daily Offices Paul F. Bradshaw 25. Collects Matthew S. C. Olver 26. Intercessions Gillian V. Varcoe 27. From Penitence to Praise, and Back Again J. Barrington Bates Part VII. Eucharist 28. Eucharistic Prayers in the Prayer Book Tradition J. Neil Alexander29. Eucharistic Offering/ Sacrifice Gordon Jeanes 30. Modes of Real Presence in Anglican Eucharistic Theology Lizette Larson-Miller 31. From Traditions to Transformations: Trajectories and Practices in the Church of South India's Communion Viji Varghese Eapen 32. From Week to Week? The Book of Common Prayer and Frequency of Communion from 1549 to Today Catherine Haynes Part VIII. Ministry and Ordination 33. Bishops, Priests, Deacons, and the Book of Common Prayer: The Three-fold Nature of Ministry in and outside the Prayer Book John L. Kater 34. The Ordination of Women, an Evolving Story Paula D. Nesbitt 35. Ordination Rites, Past and Present James F. Turrell 36. The Ministry/ Mission of the Whole Church in Relation to Ordained and Lay Ministry Elise A. Feyerherm 37. Lay Designated and Licensed Ministry William H. Petersen and Susan Marie Smith Part IX. Pastoral Rites 38. Inculturation of MarriageChun Wai Lam 39. Same-Sex Marriage and the Book of Common Prayer Deirdre J. Good and Andrew R. Wright 40. Evolution of the Funeral Rites in the Book of Common Prayer Rafael Vilaça Epifani Costa 41. Inculturation of Funeral Rites in Kenya John Ndung'u Ikenye 42. Corporate Reconciliation Michael Battle 43. Anglican Rites of Healing Linda Malia Appendix: Anglican Prayer Books Index