Category: Brief Book Review
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Book Review: Vocātiō: Imaging a Visible Church
Doyle imagines clergy allowed out of the parish structure as we have known it for over a thousand years, out of a two-tiered, that is clergy-lay institutional church structure.
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Brief Book Review: Historical Foundations of Worship
A common basis for the study of liturgical history that can be appreciated by readers of any Christian tradition.
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Brief Book Review: Guide for Forming a Parish Bereavement Ministry
A concrete example of how to do liturgical/sacramental theology with the Church’s rites as a starting point, and how to incarnate that theology in the spiritual life of the parish and its members.
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Brief Book Review: Imagining Our Neighbors As Ourselves
To the degree that we can see ourselves reflected in particular characters, we can begin the work of engaging with their stories to critique our own way of being.
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Book Review: Intercultural Marriage
Theologically speaking, the process of interculturality is revelatory of the Church’s understanding of the sacramental union, which reconciles, heals, and unites the barriers created by differences.
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For the Season of the Word: A Biography of the Lectionary
“A treasure trove of insights which flow from the author’s work on this book…an important and exemplary…partner in formation with the Lectionary and the liturgical year.”
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Book Review: Remove the Pews
“Contrary to the trend among some to sell off or completely redo sacred spaces, Schaper insists that they have deep roots in neighborhoods, in families, in peoples hearts even if they do not regularly attend services in them.”
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Brief Book Review: Theological Foundations of Worship
This collection represents scholarship from a variety of denominations and “churchmanships” and shows the remarkable points of convergence in the theologies of liturgy.
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Brief Book Review: The Promise of Not-Knowing
“This book reminds us of how a close reading of the original language with counsel from a creative biblical scholar can re-awaken understandings that offer even radical new insights into who God is and who we are and what it means to be a follower of Christ Jesus.”