Transforming Worship

The Alcuin Club was founded by four prominent Anglican laymen in 1897. Since then it has played a significant part in the liturgical renewal of the church and has a long and respected tradition of promoting sound liturgical scholarship through the publication of a series of Collections, Tracts and other scholarly works.

The Club was influential in the debate in the Church of England in the early part of the last century about the proposed revision to the Book of Common Prayer and in other developments. More recently, its aims have been broadened to include study of the liturgy and worship of the Christian churches in general, but with special reference to the liturgical life of the Anglican Communion.

Membership is open to any individual, institution or library paying the Club’s annual subscription. There are currently over 450 members worldwide. Members of the Club are invited to the AGM and occasional lectures. Payment of the annual subscription entitles members to receive free copies of all publications during that particular calendar year. From time to time the Club also arranges special introductory/promotional discounts with other publishers. Members are entitled to buy back stock titles [still in print] at specially reduced rates

The Club encourages and supports postgraduate research by young liturgical scholars by granting bursaries through the generosity of the Cuming Fund established in memory of the late Dr. Geoffrey Cuming.

The Alcuin Club is a sponsor of Praxis, a Church of England initiative in pastoral liturgy.

Further information can be found on the Club’s website at www.alcuinclub.org.uk

From its inception the Alcuin Club has been a significant publisher of books and guides about liturgy.  To see the current range of title, click here.

Recent titles have included:   

Companion to Common Worship volumes 1 & 2 edited by Paul Bradshaw.

Documents of the Baptismal Liturgy by E.C. Whittacker [third edition by Maxwell Johnson]

Eucharistic Origins by Paul Bradshaw

House of God. The House of the People of God by Robin Gibbons

The Club also publishes a series of Alcuin Liturgy Guides.

The most recent titles include:

   Memorial Services by (ALG 1) Donald Gray

   Art and Worship (ALG 2) by Anne Dawty and Christopher Irvine

   Celebrating the Eucharist (ALG 3) by Benjamin Gordon-Taylor and Simon Jones

   The Use of Symbols in Worship (ALG 4) edited by Christopher Irvine

Since 1987, The Alcuin Club as collaborated with GROW to produce a series of Joint Liturgical Studies. 

Until 2004 these were published by Grove Books.  For details of these titles, click here.

Since 2004, the Alcuin / GROW Joint Liturgical Studies have been published by SCM Canterbury Press.