The Book of Common Prayer: A Biography
Language: English
Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford, 2019
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- Title
- The Book of Common Prayer: A Biography
- Author
- Alan Jacobs
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford
- Publication year
- 2019
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0691191786
- ISBN 13
- 9780691191782
- Illustrator
- Daren Magee (cover illustration)
- Edition
- First paperback printing.
- Series
- Book 13 of 26: Lives of Great Religious Books
How The Book of Common Prayer became one of the most influential works in the English language
While many of us are familiar with such famous words as “Dearly beloved, we are gathered together here. . .” or “Ashes to ashes, dust to dust,” we may not know that they originated in The Book of Common Prayer, which first appeared in 1549. Like the words of the King James Bible and Shakespeare, the language of this prayer book has saturated English culture and letters. Here Alan Jacobs tells its story. He shows how The Book of Common Prayer―from its beginnings as a means of social and political control in the England of Henry VIII to its worldwide presence today―became a venerable work whose cadences express the heart of religious life for millions.
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