Reforming the Liturgy: A Response to the Critics2009 Catholic Press Association Award Winner! Perhaps no liturgical scholar of our time is better ale than John Baldovin to write with clarity and accuracy about the meaning of the church's liturgy and the history of its development in the last half century. In this summary volume on the reform of the liturgy since the Second Vatican Council, Baldovin pinpoints and assesses 'both sympathetically and critically 'the objections to changes in the liturgy since the council, focusing on philosophical, historical-critical, and theological questions. After addressing each criticism in turn, in a final chapter he assesses the critique of post 'Vatican II liturgy as a whole, affirming what is accurate and necessary, rejecting what is backward looking, and proposing a set of principles to guide future development. No one who studies or participates in liturgical action in the twenty-first century can afford to overlook this book. John F. Baldovin, SJ, is professor of historical and liturgical theology at Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. His most recent books include Bread of Life, Cup of Salvation and The Urban Character of Christian Worship. |
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... Contemporary Spiritual and Public Concerns , St. Paul Parish , Cambridge , MA ) for their invita- tions to share the results of my study . I also owe a debt of gratitude to Gregory Semeniuk , CM , for assem- bling the bibliography , and ...
... contemporary litur- gical reform . He admits that these five approaches are not mutually exclusive . Indeed , I can find myself in agreement with four of the five on various points and I am certain that I am not alone . These are the ...
... contemporary direction of Roman Catholicism as a whole . Aspects of this agenda will be treated in our consideration of Pope Benedict XVI's widening of permission to use the preconciliar rite . 3. Reforming the reform The third of ...
... , Looking at Liturgy : A Critical View of Its Contemporary Form ( San Francisco : Ignatius Press , 1996 ) . 16 Mannion , " Catholicity of the Liturgy , ” 21 . plines ( e.g. , architecture ) as the foremost representative 6.
... contemporary students of the liturgy view history . We shall frequently see the claim that the guild of liturgical historians is biased toward a kind of antiquarianism . That claim , most importantly made by Joseph Ratzinger ( now Pope ...
Contents
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The Historical Basis of the Reform | 36 |
A Theological Critique | 65 |
Liturgy as Ritual | 90 |
Major Issues | 105 |
A Way Forward | 134 |
The Uses of Liturgical History Berakah Response | 158 |
Bibliography | 174 |
Index | 184 |