Life Cycles in Jewish and Christian Worship [Paperback]

More than a series of rites of passage through the landmarks of growing up and growing old, Jewish and Christian life-cycle rituals give the members of each religious tradition theological and ritualized definitions of what a life should be. In this volume, the fourth in the acclaimed series Two Liturgical Traditions, eight scholars explore the models of human life implicit in Judaism and Christianity by unraveling and exploring the evolution and current condition of their life-cycle liturgies.
 
By combining the historical-critical method of traditional scholarship with that of more recent theory drawn from the human sciences,Life Cycles in Jewish and Christian Worshipprovides a novel treatment of Jewish and Christian life cycles, past and present, and is a unique and invaluable guide to the history, practice, and theology of life-cycle liturgy.
 

“An excellent ecumenical introduction to the subject.” —WorshipNet
 
 

“For those new to the book's subject matter, this collection of essays gives an excellent basis for developing the subject and will entice the reader to further research.” —The Heythrop Journal

Paul F. Bradshawis professor emeritus of liturgy at the University of Notre Dame. He is co-editor ofThe Changing Face of Jewish and Christian Worship in North America(Notre Dame Press, 1992) andLife Cycles in Jewish and Christian Worship(Notre Dame Press, 1995).
 
Lawrence A. Hoffmanis Barbara and Stephen Friedman Professor of Liturgy, Worship, and Ritual and director of the Synagogue 2000 Initiative for synagogue spirituality, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, New York. They are co-editors of other books in the Two Liturgical Traditions series, includingPassover and Easter: Origin and History to Modern TimesandPassover and Easter: The Symbolic StructurinlÃ~