Gordon W. Lathrop

Gordon W. Lathrop is Charles A. Schieren Professor of Liturgy Emeritus at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia and author of many books, including the trilogy Holy Things (1993), Holy People (1999), and Holy Ground (2003).  His most recent work is The Pastor: A Spirituality (2006).


The Four Gospels on Sunday: The New Testament and the Reform of Christian Worship

Thursday, December 1, 2011

Premier liturgical theologian Gordon Lathrop argues that far too often liturgy, preaching, and liturgical theology are informed by naïve and outdated exegesis. In another fully original... read more

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The Pastor: A Spirituality

by Gordon W. Lathrop (Author)

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Saturday, January 1, 2011

Renowned liturgical theologian Gordon Lathrop has composed a rich, meditative, and explicitly ecumenical spirituality for working pastors - whatever and... read more

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Holy Ground: A Liturgical Cosmology

by Gordon W. Lathrop (Author)

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Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Now available in paperback, Holy Ground illumines how the central symbols and interactions of Christian liturgy yield a new understanding and experience of the... read more

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Using Evangelical Lutheran Worship: The Sunday Assembly

by Lorraine S. Brugh (Author); Gordon W. Lathrop (Author)

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Wednesday, January 9, 2008

Addresses the general principles that have guided the shaping of Evangelical Lutheran Worship, considering that central liturgy of Christian worship, Holy... read more

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Holy People: A Liturgical Ecclesiology

by Gordon W. Lathrop (Author)

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Friday, June 23, 2006

This sequel to Gordon Lathrop's highly successful Holy Things is an exercise in liturgical theology, viewing the activities of worship as a means of defining... read more

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Central Things

by Gordon W. Lathrop (Author)

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Wednesday, July 6, 2005

A revised and expanded edition of the 1994 classic. In the 10 years since this book was first published, the ELCA has been engaged in the multi-year Renewing... read more

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Christian Assembly: Marks of the Church in a Pluralistic Age

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Saturday, February 28, 2004

What is church? What makes the church one? While these questions may seem innocuous, church has become conflicted territory, with internal factions, external... read more

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Holy Ground: A Liturgical Cosmology

by Gordon W. Lathrop (Author)

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Friday, October 31, 2003

This latest work from leading liturgical theologian Gordon Lathrop explores the extent to which the central symbols and interactions of Christian liturgy yield,... read more

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Holy Things: A Liturgical Theology

by Gordon W. Lathrop (Author)

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Tuesday, April 14, 1998

New in paperback! Cyril of Jerusalem wrote about "holy things." He thereby reflected the communion invitation used in his fourth-century liturgy to call... read more

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