A reprint of Evelyn Underhills timeless study on the the nature andprinciples of worship and the main forms in which they find expression inChristianity. In the... » 

A reprint of Evelyn Underhills timeless study on the the nature andprinciples of worship and the main forms in which they find expression inChristianity. In the belief that religious experience is the starting point oftheological reconstruction the author analyses here the naturecharacteristics and principles of how man relates to God. The way and degree inwhich ritual symbol sacrament and sacrifice become part of worship is alsoexamined and subsequently its principles are illustrated as embodied in themain types of cults. «