Summary
White divides his book into twelve chapters that describe the main worship aspects of particular Protestant churches. First, he explains the purpose of the study of Protestant worship and then, he clarifies that by illustrating seven categories of Protestant worship: piety, time, place, people, prayer, …show more content…
Moreover, in the same section, the author examines the Reformed tradition in America (72). According to him, the Anabaptist tradition of worship provides the first example of “Free Church” worship (80-81), which had a strong influence on worship tradition in America. Furthermore, White introduces a concise historical background of the main worship practices and traditions developed by Anglicans, Separatists, Puritans, Quakers, Methodists, Frontiers, and Pentecostals. The author closes the book with a sequence of rhetorical questions and answers about the future of Protestant