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Presbyterian Church (USA)

Author of Book of Common Worship

242+ Works 2,487 Members 15 Reviews

About the Author

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Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is not the same as "Presbyterian Church in America", nor "United Presbyterian Church of North America", nor "United Presyberitan Church in the U.S.A.", nor even "Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A." or "Presbyterian Church in the United States". Though some of those groups were merged to form this one (see a "family tree" here) and could therefore possibly be considered for lumping with this one, others, like "Presbyterian Church in America" are distinct at the current time. Great care should be taken if combining. Since author IDs are formed by using the first 20 characters of the author record, minus parenthesized text (and since "Presbyterian" is a rather long word that often comes with parenthetical information), many author IDs, while appearing to represent something specific to the current (U.S.A.) group, could actually represent multiple groups or churches, and should be split and aliased instead of combined.

Series

Works by Presbyterian Church (USA)

Book of Common Worship (1993) 520 copies, 1 review
The Presbyterian Handbook (2006) 148 copies, 3 reviews
Book of Common Worship Daily Prayer (1994) 146 copies, 2 reviews
Glory to God (Presbyterian hymnal) (2013) 125 copies, 2 reviews
The Presbyterian Hymnal (2007) 33 copies
From Age to Age (2006) 5 copies
Sing the faith (2003) 5 copies
Using the Bible 2 copies
The Hymbook 1 copy
Alleluia 1 copy

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Canonical name
Presbyterian Church (USA)
Birthdate
1983
Gender
n/a
Disambiguation notice
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) is not the same as "Presbyterian Church in America", nor "United Presbyterian Church of North America", nor "United Presyberitan Church in the U.S.A.", nor even "Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A." or "Presbyterian Church in the United States". Though some of those groups were merged to form this one (see a "family tree" here) and could therefore possibly be considered for lumping with this one, others, like "Presbyterian Church in America" are distinct at the current time. Great care should be taken if combining. Since author IDs are formed by using the first 20 characters of the author record, minus parenthesized text (and since "Presbyterian" is a rather long word that often comes with parenthetical information), many author IDs, while appearing to represent something specific to the current (U.S.A.) group, could actually represent multiple groups or churches, and should be split and aliased instead of combined.

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Reviews

22 reviews
Simply one of the most valuable liturgical resources of the late 20th century. There is a wealth of material here. My only "gripe" is that too many of the prayers have something of a late 20th century timbre to them. Also, the contents of the prayers often betray late 20th century theological/political agendas from within American Protestantism - especially the PCUSA. For example, one gets the clear impression that the prayers go out of their way to avoid addressing God as "Father."
This is a very servicable prayer book for private worship and devotions. For too many Christians, "quiet time" consists in a disorganized time of reading with extempranious prayers. Certainly this is better than nothing, but giving oneself over to the discipline of being "led" by prayers crafted by gifted pastors with a view to the care of souls has benefits of which far too few people take advantage. This prayer book is excellent for these purposes.
½
Discusses how to be a member without being stuffy. It also covers what Presbyterians believe.
Includes essential facts about the Presbyterian faith and tips for everyday practice.

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Works
242
Also by
1
Members
2,487
Popularity
#10,309
Rating
4.1
Reviews
15
ISBNs
68
Languages
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