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About the book >.>.> Here as in that book widely shared patterns of Christian liturgy not systems of Christian theology provide the primary context for thought. Some read- ers-agreeing with the author that liturgical speech about God must be prior to a liturgically grounded discussion of the church and wishing to pur- sue a further dialogue with the author on these issues-may find it useful to follow the footnote references to passages in Holy Things. Other readers wishing to see how the method used here might have been developed in close relation to the use of the Bible in Christian liturgy may find it useful to attend especially to chapter 1 of that book. Nonetheless readers will not need to have read the earlier work in order to approach this one. The pres- ent work may stand on its own. This book proceeds with a simple outline. After an introductory dis- cussion of the methodology of what is here called “liturgical ecclesiology.” three parts each three chapters long are set out. The first foundational part considers what is meant by “assembly” in the practice of Christian worship how diverse Christian assemblies are related to each other and what may be learned for the practice of such assemblies from these reflections. Then the second part turns toward issues of church unity and the third part toward issues of church and culture in order to ask how reflections based in liturgy (SP)