“Essentials” for Worship: Evelyn Underhill’s Prayer Book
This article explores some of the theological principles required for effective church worship. In 1927, Evelyn Underhill (1875–1941) outlined four “Essentials” or principles for effective liturgy, identified in the context of revisions to the Anglican Book of Common Prayer: adoration, the historic,...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2021
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Studia liturgica
Year: 2021, Volume: 51, Issue: 2, Pages: 187-202 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Underhill, Evelyn 1875-1941
/ Church of England, Verfasserschaft1, The book of common prayer
/ Adoration
/ Liturgy
/ Prayer
/ Underhill, Evelyn 1875-1941, Evelyn Underhill's Prayer book
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| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDE Anglican Church RC Liturgy |
| Further subjects: | B
Adoration
B Worship B Tradition B Liturgy B Evelyn Underhill B Prayer Book B Spiritual retreats |
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| Summary: | This article explores some of the theological principles required for effective church worship. In 1927, Evelyn Underhill (1875–1941) outlined four “Essentials” or principles for effective liturgy, identified in the context of revisions to the Anglican Book of Common Prayer: adoration, the historic, the Eternal, and the interplay between spirit and sense. This article explores the extent to which these four theological principles are actually embodied in prayers that Underhill selected and wrote for retreat leading at The House of Retreat, Pleshey (north London, UK), recently published as Evelyn Underhill’s Prayer Book. Additional theological principles, not mentioned in Underhill’s “Essentials” essay but evident in her book of prayers, are also evaluated and exemplified. Underhill’s guidance to her spiritual directees about the value of liturgy in their spiritual lives is also briefly touched upon. |
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| ISSN: | 2517-4797 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studia liturgica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0039320720981598 |