Historic Prayer Book Studies series now available in print
Seabury Books, an imprint of Church Publishing Incorporated, is pleased to announce the publication of the Prayer Book Studies series, edited by biblical scholar Derek Olsen.
This landmark series—composed of foundational documents that guided the creation of the 1979 American Book of Common Prayer—is once again available, now in nine volumes for inclusion in your library. Prayer Book Studies is a series of official reports by the Church’s Standing Liturgical Commission that were published over the course of four decades, representing the work of the committees deliberating over and drafting the materials that would eventually become the most recent Book of Common Prayer.
This reissue ensures their preservation and accessibility for a new generation of readers. It also provides an extraordinary window into the work of leading liturgical scholars during an age characterized by huge transformation in the field of liturgy and context necessary for understanding and discerning liturgical revision.
Derek Olsen is a biblical scholar and engaged layman in The Episcopal Church. He earned an MDiv from Emory University’s Candler School of Theology, an STM from Trinity Lutheran Seminary, and a PhD in New Testament in 2011 from Emory University. He lives in Baltimore, MD.
January 6, 2026 | Paperback | $49.95
Prayer Book Studies Volume One
Initial Liturgical Efforts, Issues 1-4
9781640659216
Prayer Book Studies Volume Two
Initial Daily Office Efforts, Issues 5-9
9781640659247
Prayer Book Studies Volume Three
Initial Pastoral Offices, Issues 10-15
9781640659278
Prayer Book Studies Volume Four
Revisiting the Calendar and Eucharist, Issues 16-17
9781640659308
Prayer Book Studies Volume Five
Trial-use Baptism, Calendar and Ordination, Issues 18-20
9781640659339
Prayer Book Studies Volume Six
Trial-use Eucharist, Daily Office and Pastoral Offices, Issues 21-24
9781640659360
Prayer Book Studies Volume Seven
Trial-use Prayers and Christian Initiation Revisited, Issues 25-26
9781640659391
Prayer Book Studies Volume Eight
Daily Office Revisited, Church Rites, and the Formal Introduction, Issues 27-29
9781640659421
Prayer Book Studies Volume Nine
Expansive Language Liturgy, Issue 30
9781640659452
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