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Book SynopsisA guide to the Church of England's 'Common Worship' funeral services. It seeks to offer straightforward and realistic ideas about how to use the services in your church and at the crematorium. Drawing on her parish experience, Anne Horton includes suggestions for a range of local situations.Trade Review'Each of these stimulating, yet realistic, books has excited me again about the tremendous practical and pastoral potential of the Common Worship services and prayers.' -- Mark Earey'Anne has given us an invaluable resource which will help all those using the new Funeral Services to understand more of the background to them, and to get to grips with the practical things which need doing. Her writing is both creative, helping us to reflect on what is going on, and also down-to-earth, full of practical ideas.' -- Ven Trevor Lloyd, Archdeacon of Barnstaple

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Book SynopsisTrevor Curnow is a lecturer at St Martin's College, Lancaster. His previous publications include Wisdom, Intuition and Ethics (1999) and Thinking through Dialogue (2001).

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Trade ReviewIt offers a multi-dimensional perspective on this central mystery of our faith and is a good resource for the preacher.The Priest

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Trade ReviewFehribach's study appeals at a number of levels.Journal of Biblical Literature

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Book SynopsisThis classic work, previously edited by Ronald Jasper and Geoffrey Cuming, has been a staple source in teaching liturgy to generations of students in colleges, seminaries, and universities. It has now been comprehensively revised for future generations of liturgical scholars.Trade Review"For decades, Jasper and Cuming's Prayers of the Eucharist has given a wide audience access to the treasures of liturgical tradition. By integrating recently discovered texts, rearranging the material, and thoroughly updating introductions and commentary, Paul Bradshaw and Maxwell Johnson ensure that this standard work remains a reliable guide not only to the sources, but also to current scholarship."Harald Buchinger, University of Regensburg, Germany"Bradshaw and Johnson have produced an edition of the classic Prayers of the Eucharist: Early and Reformed that every contemporary textual scholar must have. Coming nearly thirty years after the last edition, this new revision reflects the substantial amount of critical work that has been completed since then. The restructuring of the work—placing the prayers in textual `families'—allows the scholar to see more clearly the relationships between and within various eucharistic prayer traditions. In updating this text, Bradshaw and Johnson have drawn not only on their own extensive research in this area but have also mined the depth of other recent scholarship to demonstrate the complexity of current debates (including the work of McGowan, Rouwhorst, Stewart-Sykes, Gelston, Spinks, and Winkler, to name just a few). The revisions in both commentary and text reflect the multiplicity of forms in eucharistic praying in the early church and invite the student of liturgy to enter more deeply into the texts themselves."Rev. R. Gabriel Pivarnik, OP, Department of Theology, Providence College"Having a handy collection of texts is a boon, especially when that collection is more or less up to date with the status of scholarship. Let us hope that from now on `Jasper and Cuming' will really mean only one thing: `Jasper, Cumming, Bradshaw and Johnson.'"Anaphora"Students now have in their hands a reliable guide in English to the present state of research on the early and reformed texts of the Eucharist."Episcopal and Anglican HistoryTable of ContentsCONTENTS Preface ix A Glossary of Some Common Technical Terms xi Abbreviations xiii Acknowledgments xv Part OneEARLY PRAYERS OF THE EUCHARIST Introduction: The Study of Early Liturgies 3 1. Jewish Sources 7 2. The New Testament 15 3. Principal Ante-Nicene Sources 21 A. Ignatius of Antioch 21 B. Justin Martyr 23 C. Irenaeus 27 D. Tertullian 29 E. Cyprian 31 F. Apocryphal Acts of Apostles 34 4. Ancient Church Orders 39 A. Didache 39 B. Didascalia Apostolorum 43 C. The So-Called Apostolic Tradition of Hippolytus 44 D. Apostolic Constitutions 49 5. East Syrian Prayers 63 A. The Liturgy of the Apostles Addai and Mari 64 B. The Third Anaphora of St. Peter (Sharar) 69 C. The Anaphora of Mar Theodore the Interpreter 76 6. Egyptian Prayers 85 A. The Strasbourg Papyrus 88 B. The Prayers of Sarapion of Thmuis 90 C. The Barcelona Papyrus 96 D. The Deir Balyzeh Papyrus and the British Museum Tablet 100 E. The Liturgy of St. Mark 104 F. The Egyptian Anaphora of St. Basil 115 G. The Ethiopian Anaphora of the Apostles 123 7. Prayers from Jerusalem 133 A. The Mystagogical Catecheses 133 B. The Liturgy of St. James 139 8. West Syrian Prayers 154 A. Theodore of Mopsuestia: Catecheses 155 B. The Anaphora of the Twelve Apostles 158 C. The Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom 164 D. The Byzantine Liturgy of St. Basil 171 E. The Armenian Anaphora of St. Athanasius 181 9. The Roman Rite 192 A. Ambrose of Milan: On the Sacraments 193 B. Non-Roman Versions of the Canon 197 C. The Mass of the Roman Rite 200 D. Ordo Romanus Primus 210 10. Other Western Rites 216 A. The Gallican Rite 217 B. The Mozarabic Rite 221 Part TwoREFORMED PRAYERS OF THE EUCHARIST Introduction: The Study of Reformation Liturgies 227 11. Lutheran 231 A. Martin Luther: Formula Missae 1523 and Deutsche Messe 1526 231 B. Olavus Petri: The Swedish Mass 1531 242 C. King John III: The Swedish Mass—The Red Book 1576 246 D. Hermann von Wied: A Simple and Religious Consultation 1545 251 E. Henry Melchior Muhlenberg: The Church Agenda 1748 259 12. Reformed 264 A. Ulrich Zwingli: De Canone Missae Epicheiresis 1523 and Action oder Brauch des Nachtmahls 1525 264 B. Martin Bucer: The Psalter, with Complete Church Practice, 1539 272 C. John Calvin: The Form of Church Prayers 1542 281 D. John Knox: The Form of Prayers and Administration of the Sacraments 1556 288 E. A Directory for the Public Worship of God throughout the Three Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland 1645 295 F. J. F. Osterwald: The Liturgy of Neuchâtel and Vallangin 1713 300 13. Anglican 306 A. The Order of the Communion 1548 306 B. The Book of Common Prayer 1549 312 C. The Book of Common Prayer 1552 321 D. The Scottish Book of Common Prayer 1637 327 E. Richard Baxter: The Reformation of the Liturgy 1661 334 F. The Book of Common Prayer 1662 341 G. The Nonjurors’ Liturgy 1718 347 H. The Scottish Communion Office 1764 355 I. The Book of Common Prayer of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the United States of America 1790 361

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Book SynopsisReadings on the Liturgical YearTrade ReviewThe present collection of essays on liturgical time represents the best writings of current liturgiologists on the topic. . . . [A] must as a companion to Thomas Talley's The Origins of the Liturgical Year or Adolf Adam's The Liturgical Year.Michael S. Driscoll, University of Notre Dame. . . a helpful, challenging, and worthwhile book. There is something for just about everyone . . .Liturgy Network

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Book SynopsisIn Women's Ways of Worship Teresa Berger reconstructs liturgical history from the perspectives of women.Trade Review. . . an important contribution towards the recognition of women's liturgical studies as a distinct discipline.Yearbook of the European Society of Women in Theological Research. . . splendid, careful, theologically and historically insightful writing. . .New Theology ReviewThis work constitutes an important contribution to the landscape of historiographical research concerning the relationship of women to Christian worship and their experience of liturgy.Antiphon

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Trade ReviewThis remains an important work. Any liturgical bookshelf that is bare of the first edition should exhort its owner to secure a copy of the second. The book deserves consideration by church leaders engaged in the current liturgy debates, liturgical teachers and historians who are more often than not focused on the medieval period, and readers in general seeking insight into our immediate history and current mindset. Pacifica

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Book Synopsis Originally published in 1999, The Rites of Christian Initiation was haled for its clarity and comprehensiveness. Kalian McDonnell, OSB, called it the best overall treatment of Christian initiation available, and Paul Bradshaw predicted it would be the standard textbook on the subject for very many years to come. The current edition draws on new translations of early texts on baptism as well as recent scholarship on the early traditions in the East and West. It is sure to replace itself as the new standard reference on the rites of Christian initiation. Maxwell E. Johnson''s expanded and revised text provides a more complete view of the history and interpretation of the rites in the Eastern Church, including two chapters that explore the pre-Nicene Eastern and Western traditions in detail. Revisiting the theology of baptism, this edition also provides more nuanced positions on the Eastern and Western traditions. Finally, recent liturgical developments in American ProtestanTrade ReviewMax Johnson has done it again. If you have room in your library for only one reference book on initiation, this is the one to choose. . . . This revision paints and even broader, deeper, and therefore even more complex picture of how Christians have ritualized and understood Christian identity and the making of Christians.CelebrateThose who know Max Johnson’s work in the area of sacramental initiation need no introduction to this new edition of The Rites of Christian Initiation. In fact, they probably already own it. The 1999 edition was the definitive work on the history and theology of the liturgical rites of initiation and a major contribution to their spirituality. It has been widely used as a textbook, and I am sure that those who have used it have found its clarity and insights as challenging as I have. The new edition, with extensive updating and rewriting, is even better. . . . The book is indispensable for anyone interested in sacramental initiation.Catholic Books ReviewNo Catholic library should be without this revised and expanded version of The Rites of Christian Initiation: Their Evolution and Interpretation.Catholic Library World[A] necessary reference book for every initiation ministry team. . . . This book will offer helpful insights to those open to history and the wisdom of diverse communities within the Church. It’s perfect for those who know it’s time for a personal update—and this book highlights the fact that it is indeed time for most of us—or for use in any initiation course that goes beyond the surface of what is in the current liturgical books.CelebrateUsed as a textbook in university undergraduate and graduate religious studies programs, the work is accessible and informative to any reader interested in a historical perspective on Christian initiation rites.Midwest Book ReviewIf you think Maxwell Johnson has already written the definitive book on the history of Christian initiation rites, you are right. But now he has made it better. A revised and expanded edition is only necessary because scholars have new insights into the history of these rites, and because their contemporary celebration continues to develop. Johnson has written a textbook case of writing good textbooks: clear in organization, generous in quoting sources, precise in analysis, and provocative in expositing contemporary theological issues. Maxwell Johnson is a mystagogical Titan at the top of his form. Paul Turner, STDAuthor of When Other Christians Become Catholic (Liturgical Press) The revised and expanded edition of Maxwell Johnson’s The Rites of Christian Initiation: Their Evolution and Interpretation further enhances the reputation of the Liturgical Press for publishing first-rate liturgical studies that both keep abreast of the field and ahead of it. The first edition clearly established itself as the best overall treatment of the subject and the most widely used textbook available. This new edition captures the fast-moving developments in scholarship on the rites of both eastern and western Christianity. Particularly instructive is Professor Johnson’s discussion of the most recent fruitful engagement of Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant churches on initiation, including directions to be taken in the future. Most arresting, however, is his penetrating theology and spirituality of the rites of initiation. For everyone interested in the rites of Christian initiation, no matter from what faith tradition, this revised and expanded edition is must reading and studThe first edition has already established itself as the standard history of the rites of initiation, and the updating in this second edition will further enhance its reputation.Rev. Paul Bradshaw, PhD, Professor of Liturgy, University of Notre Dame

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Book SynopsisLiturgy and Ecclesiology in Sacrosanctum ConciliumTrade ReviewAn articulate, clear response to those who seek to reject the liturgical renewal of the Council as inauthentic, antiquarian, and modernist…. A must-read for all those seeking a deeper understanding of the Second Vatican Council and the liturgical renewal of the Church.Timothy O’Malley, Church LifeMassimo Faggioli has emerged as one of the most insightful and energetic young scholars in Catholic theology today. In this bold new book, Faggioli makes a compelling argument that the significance of Vatican II's Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy was not limited to liturgical reform; the document established a compelling ecclesiological vision that set the agenda for later conciliar documents and the post-conciliar church. Faggioli lays out for us what is really at stake in the many recent assaults on the council's liturgical reform—nothing less than an assault on the entire ecclesiology of the Council. This book belongs on the short list of those truly indispensable studies of the Second Vatican Council.Richard R. Gaillardetz, McCarthy Professor of Systematic Theology, Boston CollegeTrue Reform is a thoroughly documented analysis of Sacrosanctum Concilium and its reception by the Second Vatican Council itself. The document’s connection with the ecclesiology of the Council emerges fully. In this way, the book provides a deep understanding of the Council in its liturgical dimension and its unavoidable call to reform the Church in order to be more faithful to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.Fr. Enzo Bianchi, Founder and prior of the ecumenical monastic Community of BoseThis is a valuable, even groundbreaking, study for the interpretation of Vatican II. Faggioli succeeds in showing how the liturgy constitution and the subsequent liturgical reform are essential for the understanding and implementation of the Council. It should be required reading for ecclesiologists and historians of the contemporary Church as well as for students of the liturgy—perhaps even for members of the Roman Curia.John F. Baldovin, SJ, Professor of Historical and Liturgical Theology, Boston CollegeI was particularly struck by the richness and multifaceted dynamism of the liturgical reform that Faggioli describes. . . . This work is both thought-provoking and timely. Rita Ferrone, CommonwealFaggioli argues masterfully for the ecclesiological dynamic of Sacrosanctum Concilium. Hilmar Pabel, The TabletThis masterful work is a must read for any who seriously wish to move beyond the battle for the meaning of the Second Vatican Council and enter into respectful dialogue, as also for any who wish to gain a fresh understanding of the Constitution's deeper meaning for the future renewal of the church. Gilbert Ostdiek, OFM, Professor of Liturgy, Catholic Theological UnionThis is an important and valuable book because Faggioli clarifies and supports with data what many have already known (and perhaps feared) about the critical link between liturgy and ecclesiology and the seminal importance of SC for the theology of Vatican II. This book should be read not only by liturgists, but also by ecclesiologists and all those interested in the legacy of Vatican II. It is an important resource for students of Vatican II, seminarians, and undergraduates and graduates of theology. The connections made are vital; the concerns raised are important, and the insights shared provide a fresh understanding of the legacy of Vatican II. Judith M. Kubicki, Fordham University, American Catholic Studies

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Trade Review"A crucially important introduction to liturgical studies from two experts in the field. Their collaborative effort succeeds at being both vastly informative and surprisingly succinct; it is rooted in a deep knowledge of historical developments but also in an attentiveness to new ways of inquiring into liturgy. The book is bound to become a foundational text."Teresa Berger, Professor of Liturgical Studies and Thomas E. Golden Jr. Professor of Catholic Theology, Yale Divinity School "This text will serve as an important reference in liturgical science for years to come. Professors Gerhards and Kranemann are to be commended for offering us this foundational work, and for reminding us therein that by its very nature, liturgy is never lived in a vacuum but is always in dialogue with and shaped by contemporary culture and society, as the Church continues to grow locally and globally, faithfully in her service to the Gospel of Christ.Ecclesia Orans "Not exactly a text book for beginners, it is nevertheless as inviting and absorbing as it is challenging."Anaphora"Here two renowned scholars, Albert Gerhards and Benedikt Kranemann, attempt to bring together the essential elements for an introduction to liturgical studies. They do so with brilliance. This book should now be considered a work of reference. It is sensitive to contexts and history, written in an interdisciplinary way—in short, essential to its field."Gilles Routhier, Professor and Dean of Theology and Religious Sciences, Université Laval Québec, Canada "Gerhards and Kranemann not only offer a basis for gathering knowledge about liturgy, but also a sound approach to study it. A valuable and timely contribution to the ongoing efforts to promote the importance of the liturgy at different levels, including theology, the mission of the Church, and people's lives."Ephemerides Theologicae Lovanienses "Richly rewarding for any reader who seeks an ever-deeper appreciation and grounding in the liturgy of our faith tradition."Grace & Truth"This comprehensive volume, written in a very accessible style by two of Germany's foremost liturgical scholars, breaks new ground in the field of liturgical studies and will serve as an indispensable resource for years to come. The authors raise important theological and methodological questions about worship's function within ecclesial life and in the wider context of the ever-changing social and multicultural landscape of the twenty-first century."Keith F. Pecklers, SJ, Pontifical Gregorian University and Pontifical Liturgical Institute"For the first time, this important work by prominent German liturgists Albert Gerhards and Benedikt Kranemann has been made readily available to English-speaking readers. True to the tradition of Liturgical Press, which has brought significant liturgical works from European scholars to wider audiences since its founding, Linda M. Maloney offers her translation of an informative and comprehensive volume attending to the history, theology, and pastoral practice of the liturgy. Gerhards and Kranemann's Introduction to the Study of Liturgy provides an excellent foundational resource for those interested in liturgical studies while exposing readers to the best in contemporary German scholarship."Katharine E. Harmon, Assistant Professor of Theology, Marian University"Absolutely essential for anyone studying the basics of worship in the Roman Catholic tradition. This valuable survey of the cultural and theological foundation of divine worship gives a contemporary and refreshing perspective to the most sublime work of the Church."Catholic Library World"There is much to praise about this book."Worship"This is a comprehensive presentation of the scholarly study of Catholic liturgy. It is a suitable textbook for graduate students. It will continue to be useful as a reference book."Catholic Press Association award, third place"The modest title of this book may mislead the reader. `Introduction' is an understatement; a better description would be a `foundational text' for the field of liturgical studies."Homiletics"A foundational text in many liturgy classes at the graduate level."Religious Studies ReviewTable of ContentsContentsIntroduction xiii1. Liturgy in Its Social Context 1 1.1 Christian Liturgy and the Multiplicity of Liturgical Celebrations 1 1.2 “Liturgy”—History of an Idea 6 1.3 The Rediscovery of the Ritual Dimension of Liturgy 11 1.4 The Complex Field of Liturgy as the Subject of Liturgics 172. History, Outline, and Methods of Liturgics 19 2.1 Liturgics from Within 19 2.2 Historical Development of the Study of Liturgics 20 2.2.1 Explanations of Liturgy in the Ancient Church and in the Middle Ages 23 2.2.1.1 Early Christian Examples of Reflection on Christian Worship 23 2.2.1.2 Medieval Explanations of Liturgy 27 2.2.2 Humanist Collections of Liturgical Resources and Commentaries 30 2.2.3 Rubricism in the Early Modern Era 31 2.2.4 Shift to an Independent Discipline of “Liturgics” 33 2.2.4.1 Liturgics since the Eighteenth Century 33 2.2.4.2 The Beginning of Handbooks in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 37 2.2.5 Objectives of the Study of Liturgics in the Early Twentieth Century 38 2.2.5.1 Multiple Methods in Liturgical Study 39 2.2.5.2 Liturgics as a Theological Discipline 46 2.2.5.3 Pastoral Liturgy’s Promotion of Liturgical Life 49 2.2.6 Evaluation of the Discipline of Liturgics by the Second Vatican Council and in the Postconciliar Period 51 2.2.7 Liturgics Today 52 2.2.7.1 Liturgy in a Changed Ecclesial and Social Context 52 2.2.7.2 Consequences for Method 58 2.3 How Should We Interpret Liturgy? 723. Historical Sketch of the Roman Liturgy 80 3.1 Study of the History of Liturgy as a Central Task of Liturgics 80 3.2 Jewish Liturgy and Earliest Christian Worship 86 3.2.1 Jewish Worship in Jesus’ World 86 3.2.2 The Beginnings of Christian Worship 90 3.2.3 Jewish and Christian Worship 92 3.2.4 Early Christian Liturgy as Attested by Selected Sources 95 3.3 Origins of the Roman Rite 100 3.3.1 Liturgical Language from Greek to Latin 100 3.3.2 Sources of Early Roman Liturgy 101 3.3.3 The Roman Bishop’s Mass around 700 105 3.3.4 Essential Features of the Roman Liturgy 108 3.4 Liturgical Centers in Late Antiquity 109 3.4.1 The Jerusalem Liturgy 109 3.4.2 The Liturgies of the Eastern Patriarchates 111 3.4.3 Non-Roman Western Liturgies 112 3.5 Adaptation of Roman Liturgy North of the Alps 114 3.5.1 Backgrounds in the History of Dogma: Defense against Arianism 114 3.5.2 Changing Images of Christ and Consequences for Devotion in Relation to Liturgical Prayer and Festal Cycles 115 3.5.3 Endurance of the Roman Liturgy 118 3.5.4 Continuity and Change in the “Roman” Liturgy 121 3.6 Basic Features of the Liturgy in the High and Late Middle Ages; the Liturgy of the City of Cologne as an Example 123 3.7 Liturgy in the Period of the Reformation and the Catholic Reform 128 3.7.1 The Medieval Heritage 128 3.7.2 The Century before the Reformation 130 3.7.3 A Reforming Project on the Eve of the Reformation: The Libellus ad Leonem X (1513) 131 3.7.4 The Reformers’ Liturgical Reforms, with the Liturgy of the Lord’s Supper as an Example 133 3.7.5 The Catholic Reform’s Understanding of the Liturgy 137 3.8 Initiatives toward Liturgical Reform during the Enlightenment 139 3.8.1 Goals and Content of Liturgical Reform in the Enlightenment Era 140 3.8.2 Intellectual and Spiritual Background and Reforming Program: The Synod of Pistoia as an Example 143 3.9 Liturgical Currents in the Age of the Restoration 146 3.9.1 Church Music as “Sacred Art” 147 3.9.2 Development of Church Music in the Nineteenth Century 149 3.9.3 The Cecilia Movement and Increased Centralization 151 3.9.4 From Restoration to Liturgical Movement 152 3.10 The Liturgical Movement and Renewal 153 3.10.1 Personalities and Centers of the Liturgical Movement 153 3.10.2 Principles and Results of the Liturgical Reform at Vatican II 158 3.10.3 Limits of Reform and Future Prospects 1644. Theology of the Liturgy 169 4.1 Liturgy as Assembly in the Presence of God 169 4.1.1 Assembly as an Anthropological Phenomenon 169 4.1.2 Liturgy as an Assembly Summoned by God 171 4.1.3 Celebration of Liturgy in a Structured Assembly 174 4.1.4 Listening and Responding as Fundamental Human Actions in the Liturgical Assembly 175 4.1.5 Gathering of the Community—Gathering of the Church 177 4.1.6 The Making-Present of Salvation History in the Symbolic Actions of Liturgy 179 4.2 Theo-logy 181 4.2.1 Encounter with the Personal God 181 4.2.2 Doxological Address to God 182 4.2.3 The God of History 184 4.2.4 God Images in Liturgy 185 4.3 Christology 189 4.3.1 Liturgical Prayer “to Christ” (ad Christum)—“through Christ” (per Christum) 191 4.3.2. Liturgy as Celebration of the Paschal Mystery 194 4.3.3 Presence of Christ in the Liturgy 199 4.4 Pneumatology 204 4.4.1 Liturgy as an Event Effected by the Spirit 204 4.4.2 Doxology, Epiclesis, Invocation 206 4.4.3 Laying-on of Hands and Anointing as Demonstrative Actions 210 4.4.4 The Holy Spirit in the Liturgy’s Poetic Texts 212 4.5 Liturgy and the Economy of Salvation 218 4.5.1 Temporal Modes of Liturgy and Participation in the Divine Economy of Salvation 218 4.5.2 The Dimension of Memory in the Liturgy 222 4.5.3 The Dimension of Expectation in the Liturgy 225 4.6 Community Liturgy and Heavenly Liturgy 226 4.6.1 Heavenly Liturgy as Glorifying God 226 4.6.2 The Earthly Liturgy’s Participation in the Eschatological Heavenly Liturgy 227 4.6.3 Earthly Liturgy in Eschatological Tension 230 4.7 The Person in the Liturgy 231 4.7.1 Sanctification of the Human Person in the Liturgy 231 4.7.2 Alteration of Human Reality 234 4.7.3 “One” in Christ: The Inclusive Image of Humanity 237 4.7.4 Human Physicality and the Liturgy 238 4.8 Liturgy and the Christian Life 240 4.8.1 Remembered Salvation History and Diaconal Action 240 4.8.2 Liturgical Anticipation of Salvation and Christian Options for Action 243 4.8.3 The Mutual Relationship of Liturgy and Diakonia 2435. Forms and Methods of Expression in Worship 247 5.1 Sacred Scripture in the Liturgy 247 5.1.1 The Significance of Biblical Texts in Liturgy 247 5.1.2 Biblical Books as Sacred Scripture 250 5.1.3 The Use of Biblical Texts in Liturgy 252 5.1.4 The Reception of Biblical Texts in Worship 257 5.1.5 Intertextuality of Biblical Texts in the Liturgy 262 5.2 Prayer in the Liturgy 266 5.2.1 Prayer in the Tension between Life Experience and Faith Tradition 266 5.2.2 Origins of Liturgical Prayer 269 5.2.3 God’s “Today” in the Synthesis of Time: Collapsing of Past and Future in the Now 270 5.2.4 Fundamental Theological Structures of Jewish-Christian Methods of Prayer 272 5.2.5 Forms and Formulae of Liturgical Prayer 275 5.2.5.1 Oration (Collect) 276 5.2.5.2 Structure of the Eucharistic Canon 277 5.2.5.3 Doxologies 280 5.2.5.4 Acclamations 282 5.2.5.5 Litanies 283 5.2.6 Prayer in Action: Postures and Gestures 284 5.3 The Language of Liturgy 287 5.3.1 Language as Means of Liturgical Expression 287 5.3.2 History of Language in the Worship of the Catholic Church 293 5.3.3 Liturgical Language at Vatican II and in the Postconciliar Liturgical Reform 299 5.4 Music and Hymnody in the Liturgy 307 5.4.1 Singing as an Integral Part of Liturgy 307 5.4.2 Liturgical-Theological Context of the Question 309 5.4.3 Music as Art of Time and Space 310 5.4.4 Determining the Use of Music in Worship 311 5.4.5 The “Repertoire” of Liturgical Song and Church Music 313 5.4.6 “Pop Music” and Liturgy 316 5.4.7 Theological Basis for Singing in Worship 317 5.5 Sign and Sign-Character of the Liturgy 320 5.5.1 Sign-Character of Worship 320 5.5.2 The Liturgical Space 324 5.5.3 Liturgical Places 328 5.5.3.1 The Altar 328 5.5.3.2 The Ambo 331 5.5.3.3 The Font 333 5.5.4 Vessels and Utensils 335 5.5.5 Vestments and Textiles 338

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Trade Review"Using the 14th-century spiritual classic The Cloud of Unknowing as both a jumping-off place and a sustained point of reference, Meninger does a powerful, even stunning job of explaining contemplative prayer and making it approachable for any seeker. . . . The result is an excellent guide for anyone interested in deepening his or her Christian prayer life." --Publishers Weekly

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Trade Review"This book would be a good choice to introduce young Catholics or other Christians to the richness of the spiritual traditions in the Catholic journey."--Catholic Library World

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