Ancient Future: Worship (Ancient-future Series)

This is the final book in Webber's Ancient-Future series, though the first I've read and it stands well on its own. The act of worship is described as the community of God becoming actively involved in the redemption story of God and God's people. Through observing the practices of those in the Bible and the early church Webber concludes that worship should both remember the past and anticipate the future, throughout all the practices throughout a service: word, holy communion, singing etc. The other key reoccurring thread of the book is the comparison of different frameworks of viewing the Bible, generally in the west it is viewed as creation-sin-redemption, though Webber has borrowed the eastern orthodox framework of creation-incarnation-recreation. This book was very easy to read, with much of interest, and it flows well.