Tag: Aesthetics
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Fashion and Vestments
When we lean too far toward the unavoidable reality of liturgical material expressivism—that vestments, drapes, etc. represent someone’s preferences—we can lose the larger theological reality that 1) they shape us and 2) they direct us outside of ourselves.
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Performatism or Theological Aesthetics of the Liturgy?
by Audrey Seah “The flaunting of the cappa magna, a surge of interest in Gregorian chant and renaissance polyphony, and the return of elaborate gothic chasubles are just three visible trends among many that reflect a growing adherence to ‘reform of the reform’ ideas of liturgical reform.”
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Changing the conversation: five assertions
Discussion about the new translation of the Roman Missal has become sterile. If we are to learn anything, we need a different conversation. Here are five assertions that might help move toward that.