About the Author

The Author: Jill Burnett Comings is Assistant Professor of Liturgical Studies in the Caspersen School of Graduate Studies at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. She earned her B.A. at Nyack College, her M.A.R. at Yale University Divinity School, her Ph.D at Drew University, and she is the author of several journal articles and essays. Her research interests include early Christian liturgical history, Anglican liturgical history, liturgical time, and initiation rites.