A reprint of Evelyn Underhill's timeless study on the the nature and
principles of worship and the main forms in which they find expression
in Christianity. In the belief that religious experience is the starting
point of theological reconstruction, the author analyses here the
characteristics, principles and nature of how man relates to God. The
way and degree in which ritual, symbol, sacrament and sacrifice become
part of worship is also examined and, subsequently, its principles are
illustrated, as embodied in the main types of cults