Category: Recently Published Books
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Brief Book Review: Verbum ac Spiritus
McCarthy presents a grounded theology of liturgical presiding, as well as principles for planning and/or re-organizing liturgical space in contemporary churches.
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Book Review: The Hunger Inside
I cannot think of better guides to the renewal of the Church’s life through the renewal of the Church’s worship than these two authors.
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Brief Book Review: A History of Christian Conversion
“A presentation of conversion as a key expressive element in the way Christianity itself was perceived and communicated at any one time, place, and culture.”
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Brief Book Review: Death by Baptism
Honeycutt confronts head-on truncated understandings of baptism as “fire insurance” against eternity in hell or as supernatural guarantee against misfortune.
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Brief Book Review: Exploring the Spiritual in Popular Music
“There is sacred power in pop music, and it is worthy of scholarly attention.”
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Brief Book Review: Turn to the Lord
“DeLorenzo asks us to take sacramental preparation out of the classroom and into more intimate and personal faith formation groups.”
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Brief Book Review: Crowning the Year
“An invaluable resource for anyone who wants to engage the liturgical life a rural parish for all its worth.”
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Brief Book Review: The Art of Holy Week and Easter
“This little book is a beautiful invitation to go more deeply into the moments of Holy Week and Easter.”
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Book Review: Prayer Takes Us Home
Lohfink offers thoughtful analysis of what the prayer of petition does to us, how it widens our perception of the needs of others as well as ourselves, how it makes us aware of how helpless we often are.