Frank C. Senn

Preaching & Worship

“Drawing upon liturgical theology, ritual studies, Calvin's use of the liturgy in faith formation, and new research into how children learn through participatory experience, Moon has built up a powerful argument for fully including children and the cognitively challenged in worship, and especially in the Lord's Supper. . . . This book should be widely read by pastors and other religious professionals. It will challenge much current practice in Protestant congregations.”

Lay Me in God's Good Earth

“Burreson and Hoeltke have given us a theology of the body in death and dying. The body as God's good creation awaiting its resurrection should be handled with dignity and honor in burial and preparation for death. This book argues for a natural burial in God's good earth in an ecologically responsible way and guidance in countering the American way of death. Six appendixes offer a complete checklist for burial planning; cost comparisons of natural burial, conventional burial, and cremation;resources for handling the body at home; resources for burying naturally; and a bibliography for further reading. Since we will all die, this book is a resource every Christian family and church should have.”

Preaching from the Lectionary: An Exegetical Commentary: Stand-alone CD-ROM

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“''This book is a testament to a remarkable career in the service of the ecumenical church. As always, Gerard Sloyan uses the best critical tools in the most positive way in the task of making the biblical texts accessible to the minister who must unpack them and build from them in the homily or sermon. A most erudite scholar, Sloyan also studs his commentary with pithy but useful references to church fathers, theologians, and occasional contemporary events. If the preacher has but one commentary on the lectionary on his shelf, this one will remain durable for years to come.''”

Ritual and Christian Worship

Preaching & Worship

“Truscott shows how ritual is an embodied part of human life that is studied by life sciences. The insights of brain science, musicology, cultural anthropology, and performance theory are applied to liturgical practice to deepen our awareness that what we are doing with our bodies in worship impacts our beliefs. . . . This is a must-read for pastors and laypeople in all Christian traditions as we come to terms with new insights about our human creatureliness.”

The Four Gospels on Sunday

Preaching & Worship

“Gordon Lathrop has juxtaposed two of his loves in this volume: the gospels and the Christian assembly. He reminds us that the gospels were addressed to local Christian assemblies and were read in actual assemblies gathered for word and meal. Lathrop makes a compelling case that biblical and liturgical scholars need to pay attention to each other's work and that preachers need to pay attention to the assembly as the context of the gospel texts. This lovingly crafted book will be of interest to scholars but also to the members of the assembly who continue to acclaim, hear, and celebrate the gospels in their liturgies of word and meal.”