Not all, of course, will agree with Wainwright's theological or liturgical conclusions. But his is a voice of sanity, born from the inherited Tradition, which needs to be heard widely. I recommend this book highly.

The book is helpful in introducing readers to a number of themes, each of which has been developed at more depth in other works. It also stands as a record of the work of one who has made a significant contribution to both the liturgical and the ecumenical movements.

This collection attests to W.'s important vocation. Yet readers of his earlier, theologically profound, liturgically informed, and ecumenically attuned books, Eucharist and Eschatology and Doxology, may be frustrated because this is a collection of essays. Many of us have returned to those earlier books again and again to restudy and evaluate amply documented, cogent arguments about liturgical/systematic theology. Not surprisingly the genre of collected essays leaves us yearning for the former works' seamless-garment method and content, rather than the patchwork quilt of these admittedly theologically significant disparate articles.

In this usual, clear and integrated thought, Wainwright offers a unified and holistic word to the churches in Worship With One Accord. It will benefit and challenge anyone who has ever had passion for liturgy or ecumenism. For those who dare to walk in the seam between the two, it may be revelatory!