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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... principles given by SC required the difficult and painstaking work of the liturgical commissions created to actually implement it at the end of the council . All too often criticism of the liturgical reform has pretended that the ...
... principle of the indeterminacy of meaning and truth , based on the ever - fluid interpretation of the written word . The contemporary French philoso- pher Jacques Derrida is well known for this kind of deconstruction of meaning ...
... Principle and Foun- dation of the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola : " Human beings are created to praise , reverence and serve God our Lord , and by means of doing this , to save their souls . " 25 Pickstock has a dynamic ...
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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 |