LONDON (RNS) — It is the book that gave us such immortal phrases as “till death do us part” and “ashes to ashes, dust to dust.” But nearly 500 years after the creation of the Book of Common Prayer by ...

Charles Hefling and Cynthia Shattuck, eds. Oxford University Press Nothing illustrates the evolution of Anglicanism more than the changing role of the Book of Common Prayer. For centuries the prayer ...

I marvel sometimes as newcomers continue to arrive Sunday after Sunday at my Anglican church. Clueless about the messes in Canterbury and beyond, these visitors are drawn to our liturgy and our Book ...

Alan Jacobs explains why the nearly 500-year-old Anglican prayer book retains its influence, and why it should appeal even to (non-Anglican) evangelicals. The Book of Common Prayer (BCP) has had an ...

The archbishop in his library -- One book for one country -- Revision, banishment, restoration -- Becoming venerable -- The book in the social world -- Objects, bodies, and controversies -- The ...

Anyone familiar with the Bible can attest that it includes a significant amount of masculine language. Father, King, Lord — God has long been referred to with masculine nouns and pronouns. The ...

While this is a brilliant book, it's not quite the one its subtitle leads the reader to expect. "The Book of Common Prayer and the Elizabethan Age" seems to suggest a history of the making and ...

Except for the King James Bible, no book has done more to influence the lives and language of English-speaking people than the Book of Common Prayer. The first Book of Common Prayer was printed in ...

The more we read, the more we see reminders that experiences or perceptions we thought were distinctive to us are in fact widespread, even banal. This is encouraging, about the universality of ...

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