This article investigates how the SPCK, Church of England's major nineteenth-century publishing house, encouraged what it saw as correct participation in church-administered rites passage, by mass production tracts. SPCK's elaborate editorial policy meant that tracts provide a rare glimpse into can be assumed to officially sanctioned voice, giving significance beyond their survival ephemeral re...

Abstract This paper focuses on the remains of Baptistery chapel within North Church complex outskirts Shivta, a fifth-seventh century Byzantine village in Negev. Presumably monastery, is largest and most elaborately constructed three Shivta churches. After addressing general structural chronological issues complex, comparison to South aims clarify linkage between shape ritual. The authors propo...

Toward the end of seventh century, Anastasius Sinai took it upon himself to offer advice lay Christians facing a new Umayyad world. For Anastasius, Christian identity needed simplification. In his Edifying Tales and Questions Answers , he would de-emphasize theology, arguing that was more basic affair, involving baptism, eucharist sign cross. him, these were ‘rites maintenance’, acts which sust...

Shirley Caesar, a celebrated, multiple award-winning gospel singer and preacher, used retold stories about three transformative spiritual experiences to build case for defending her call preach. These ritualistic events included chronicling conversion, spirit baptism, experiences. In this discussion, I examine the contexts of Caesar’s familial religious backgrounds, Christian Protestant preachi...

"This article shows the influence of Hesychast movement on liturgy, which led to a major liturgical reform in Byzantine world. The ideal “praying without ceasing” as fruit baptism hesychasts consider it aim life all Christians, monks and lay people, neo-Sabaite Typikon most adapted ordo serve school prayer foster vigil fasting, regarded patristic tradition main weapons against sin passions. Con...