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... this book is a must. Members of all churches are deeply indebted to Dr Spurr for presenting such a vast amount of information and learning in one slim volume. -Financial Times ... a lively and informative book ... undoubtedly well-researched ... His thoughts on Feminism and Renewal are on the whole well-founded ... His chapter on Church Music and Renewal is again well-founded .. well-informed and serious work ... Spurr proves that most liturgical reform has been carried through with a deplorable lack of awareness of the resonances of language and the sensitivities of those who use it. -New Directions ... a lively contribution to the debate on reform ... an extended and well documented account ... a well argued piece of writing ... good, lively -Church Times ... this is a book to inform, to challenge and to delight -Margot Thompson Highly stimulating and enjoyable. -Faith and Heritage

"""... this book is a must. Members of all churches are deeply indebted to Dr Spurr for presenting such a vast amount of information and learning in one slim volume."" -Financial Times ""... a lively and informative book ... undoubtedly well-researched ... His thoughts on Feminism and Renewal are on the whole well-founded ... His chapter on Church Music and Renewal is again well-founded .. well-informed and serious work ... Spurr proves that most liturgical reform has been carried through with a deplorable lack of awareness of the resonances of language and the sensitivities of those who use it."" -New Directions ""... a lively contribution to the debate on reform ... an extended and well documented account ... a well argued piece of writing ... good, lively"" -Church Times ""... this is a book to inform, to challenge and to delight"" -Margot Thompson ""Highly stimulating and enjoyable."" -Faith and Heritage"

... this book is a must. Members of all churches are deeply indebted to Dr Spurr for presenting such a vast amount of information and learning in one slim volume. -Financial Times ... a lively and informative book ... undoubtedly well-researched ... His thoughts on Feminism and Renewal are on the whole well-founded ... His chapter on Church Music and Renewal is again well-founded .. well-informed and serious work ... Spurr proves that most liturgical reform has been carried through with a deplorable lack of awareness of the resonances of language and the sensitivities of those who use it. -New Directions ... a lively contribution to the debate on reform ... an extended and well documented account ... a well argued piece of writing ... good, lively -Church Times ... this is a book to inform, to challenge and to delight -Margot Thompson Highly stimulating and enjoyable. -Faith and Heritage

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Barry Spurr has been an active member of the Prayer Book Society and has published several articles on liturgical changes. He is currently Professor of Poetry and Poetics in the University of Sydney where he has been teaching since 1976, and has published extensively on Renaissance and Modernist poetics, religious literature and liturgical language.

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