David Brakke

Ancient Christian Worship

History & Biography

“Ancient Christian Worship is the book that scholars, teachers, and students of early Christianity and liturgical history have long needed. Andrew McGowan provides an authoritative, accessible, and up-to-date synthesis of what we know (and do not know) about the worship lives of the ancient Christians. Anyone interested in the early church or Christian liturgy will learn from this gracefully written and clearly argued book.”

Emotion in Early Christianity

History & Biography

“Emotional communities, affect theory, constructed emotions—such concepts are increasingly applied to studies of early Christianity, often with conflicting and puzzling results. Andrew Crislip provides both a reliable guide to this scholarly terrain and a rich reconstruction of five key emotions in early Christian thought and practice.”