The New Dictionary of Sacramental Worship

Book Overview

Contributors to this dictionary have been selected from all over the English-speaking world, and it is to the concerns of the English-speaking churches that these essays are primarily addressed. The dictionary is structured as a theological and pastoral resource, covering a wide range of activities that are constitutive of a sacramental Church. The entries include the strictly theological, the practical liturgical, the pastoral, and the social. Alphabetical and topical indices, cross-referencing and sturdy, durable binding increase the value of this one-of-a-kind reference work. Entries include: Liturgical Reform of Vatican II by Frederick R. McManus Jewish Roots of Christian Worship byAidan Kavanagh, OSB. Sacraments by Bernard Cooke Reconciliation and Eucharist by Doris Donnelly Ordination Rites by Alan F. Detscher Ordination and Women by George H. Tavard Christian Burial by Julia Upton, RSM Types of Prayer in the Liturgy by Kathleen Hughes, RSCJ

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814657885
• ISBN13: 9780814657881
• Release Date: August 1991
• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Length: 1352 Pages
• Weight: 4.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 3.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"