Tag: Book Review
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Book Review: Community as Church, Church as Community
“A church is often one of the few places where we experience the gathering and sustaining of community…Community is not easily found anymore in our landscapes.”
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Rebuilt?
Some ideas about liturgical music from a popular new book, Rebuilt: Awakening the Faithful, Reaching the Lost, Making Church Matter. What do you think?
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O’Malley on Faggioli on Liturgical Reform… and why some people are attracted to the old missal
by Timothy O’Malley “is it really the case that many of those attracted to the 1963 Missal of John XVIII (the extraordinary form) are dismissive of the ecclesiology brought about by the Second Vatican Council? Or is it not often true that those fascinated by ‘the reform of the reform’ are disenchanted with certain features…
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Book Review: Same Call, Different Men: The Evolution of the Priesthood Since Vatican II by Mary L. Gautier, Paul M. Perl, & Stephen J. Fichter
Why the very high level of morale among priests?
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Chants of the Roman Missal: A Review
“I warmed to the practical, pastoral tone I read as early as the second page of text: ‘A fully sung liturgy is a praiseworthy ideal, but its implementation calls for prudence and pastoral sensitivity. The chants of the liturgy are sung when it is possible in a given pastoral situation, when the participants are blessed…
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Tension between public and private worship
Pray Tell reader Jordan Zarembo reviews Kim Bowes’ work Private worship, public values, and religious change in late antiquity and finds similar tensions in the present-day church and the church of fourth-century Rome.
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American Religion and Church Attendance: Softening? Fudging?
A prominent sociologist, Mark Chaves says “All things considered, Americans’ religious involvement is softening.” His new book American Religion: Contemporary Trends is reviewed by Pray Tell reader Jack Rakosky.
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Book Review: Saints Preserved: An Encyclopedia of Relics by Thomas J. Craughwell
How many heads did Saint John the Baptist have? And whatever happened to the eye of Saint Edward Oldcorne?
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Book Review: Liturgical Reflections of a Papal Master of Ceremonies by Guido Marini
A number of notable ceremonial changes have marked papal liturgy since the inauguration of Pope Benedict XVI. Find out why from the Papal Master of Ceremonies.