The Three-Day Feast: Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter

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Augsburg Books, Dec 15, 2004 - Music - 96 pages
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Recent decades have witnessed the revival of the ancient liturgies of the Three Days—Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil. In this book Ramshaw gives a little history and a lot of suggestions about how these services can enrich the worship life of your entire assembly.
 
The Worship Matters Studies Series examines key worship issues through studies by pastors, musicians, and lay people from throughout the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. 
 
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Contents

Keeping a Feast
9
Keeping the Resurrection of Our Lord
19
The Three Days Maundy Thursday
33
The Three Days Good Friday
41
The Three Days Vigil of Easter
53
The Three Days Easter Sunday
67
Readings for The Three Days
77
Acknowledgments
81
Notes
83
Bibliography
87
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About the author (2004)

Gail Ramshaw is a scholar of liturgical language and retired professor of religion at La Salle University. She served on the Revised Common Lectionary design committee and on the Church's Year task force for the Renewing Worship project of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Her many publications include Christian Worship, Treasures Old and New, Between Sundays, and God beyond Gender, all from Fortress Press.

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TitleThe Three-Day Feast: Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter
Worship matters
AuthorGail Ramshaw
PublisherAugsburg Books, 2004
ISBN1451408161, 9781451408164
Length96 pages
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