Collection
Publication
Boston : Skinner House Books, [2017]
Description
"Wayne Arnason and Kathleen Rolenz ... embarked on an eighteen-month sabbatical road trip in search of the cutting edge of innovation in worship culture. They attended services and interviewed worship leaders at thirty congregations of diverse sizes and traditions. ... Worship that Works provides practical, spiritual resonance of worship through symbols, music, cultural sensitivity, inclusion and more."--Pbk. cover.
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LibraryThing member dukefan86
Although I wouldn't have read this book if it weren't an assignment for the Worship Associates program at my UU church, I'm glad now that I've read it. The authors visited a number of worship services across the country and compiled data and their impressions, as well as useful tips. The book was
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well organized, and includes a list of additional resources in the back. Show Less
LibraryThing member uufnn
About the authors: Quoting from the book's back cover, ".Wayne Arnason is a former president the Unitarian Universalist Ministers Association and served on the board of the Unitarian Universalist Association. . He is the co-author of 'We Would be One, a history of the Unitarian Universalist youth
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movements." "Kathleen Rolenz Is the vice president of the Unitarian Universalist Christian Fellowship and is the editor of their publication 'Good News' as well as the Skinner House book 'Christian Voices in Unitarian Universalism. Mark Belletini, Senior Minister, First Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbus, Ohio, said of this work, "Arnason and Rolenz reveal liberal worship as central formative, exemplary, beautiful and expressive of our every desire for justice and right relation. They root their observations in a high vision, but for the benefit of all they move from vision to practice.." Show Less
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Physical description
xx, 235 p.; 22 cm
ISBN
9781558968097
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