For Further Reading

Sacraments

Bausch, William. A New Look at the Sacraments (Twenty Third Publications, 1983) presents a historical and pastoral approach to understanding and practicing the sacraments.

Beguerie, Philippe, and Claude Duchesneau. How to Understand the Sacraments (Crossroad, 1991) is informational but not critical in its approach, and is somewhat provincial in its pastoral perspective.

Black, Margaret. Sacramental Ministry to a Diverse Generation (Sheed and Ward, 1997) uncovers what church means to baby boomers and suggests how to reach them and their children.

Boff, Leonardo. Sacraments of Life, Life of the Sacraments (Pastoral Press, 1987) is an engagingly personal description of experiences of sacramentality, mostly outside church but within the realm of the sacred.

Champlin, Joseph. Special Signs of Grace (Liturgical Press, 1986) describes the revised rites and explains their meaning with examples from people’s lives.

DeGidio, Sandra. Sacraments Alive (Twenty-Third Publications, 1991) uses a broadened concept of sacramentality to review the seven sacraments.

Grady, Thomas, and Paula Huston. Signatures of Grace (Dutton, 2000) is a volume of personal essays on the sacraments by contemporary Catholic writers.

Guzie, Tad. The Book of Sacramental Basics (Paulist Press, 1981) discusses the process of celebrating lived experience by entering into symbolic rituals.

Hellwig, Monika. The Meaning of the Sacraments (Pflaum/Standard, 1972) explains the significance of the sacraments through an analysis of their symbolism.

Hill, Brennan. Rediscovering the Sacraments (Sadlier, 1982) explains the sacraments in simple yet contemporary fashion.

Huebsch, Bill. Rethinking Sacraments (Twenty-Third Publications, 1989) helps Catholics raised before Vatican II to relate the sacraments to their daily lives.

Kelly, Liam. Sacraments Revisited (Darton, Longman and Todd, 1998) reviews the history of the sacraments while discussing their meaning for today.

Klein, Gregory, and Robert Wolfe. Pastoral Foundations of the Sacraments (Paulist Press, 1998) touches on the history, theology and pastoral challenges connected with the rites.

McBrien, Richard. Inside Catholicism: Rituals and Symbols Revealed (Harper Collins, 1995) is a picture book of traditional and contemporary images.

McCauley, George. Sacraments for Secular Man (Herder and Herder, 1969) interprets the sacraments as affirmations of basic human values.

McGinty, Mary Peter. The Sacrament of Christian Life (Thomas More Press, 1992) views Christian rituals as celebrations of a way of living revealed by Jesus and promoted by the church.

Noll, Ray. Sacraments: A New Understanding for a New Generation (Twenty-Third Publications, 1999) is a college text that reviews contemporary approaches to sacramentality and the seven sacraments.

O'Mally, William. Sacraments: Rites of Passage (Thomas More, 1995) relates the spiritual life and religious experience to contemporary culture as well as to the traditional church ceremonies.

Richstatter, Thomas. The Sacraments: How Catholics Pray (St. Anthony Messenger Press, 1995) describes what happens in the sacraments somewhat idealistically.

Roberts, William. Encounters with Christ (Paulist Press, 1985) develops an introduction to the sacraments based on the experience of encounters with persons.

Semmelroth, Otto. Church and Sacrament (Fides Publishers, 1965) is a good introduction to the notion of Christ and church as sacraments.

Smith, Patricia. Teaching Sacraments (Michael Glazier, 1987) explains the contributions of recent developments in theology and the human sciences to understanding and preparing people for the sacraments.

Stravinskas, Peter. Understanding the Sacraments (Ignatius Press, 1997) is a book for adult catechesis in the traditional Catholic understanding of sacraments.

White, James. Sacraments As God’s Self-Giving (Abingdon Press, 1983) reinterprets the meaning of grace through the experience of self-giving, pointing out the social justice implications of the sacraments.

Liturgy and Worship

Duffy, Regis. An American Emmaus (Crossroad, 1995) wrestles with issues concerning the interaction between contemporary culture and Christian liturgy.

Challancin, James. The Assembly Celebrates (Paulist Press, 1989) reviews the fundamentals of contemporary Catholic worship, with an eye to liturgy's potential impact on individuals and groups.

Champlin, Joseph. The Proper Balance (Ave Maria Press, 1981) offers pastoral reflections on the first decade of liturgical change.

Collins, Patrick. More than Meets the Eye (Paulist Press, 1983) proposes that when done well, liturgy, like art, opens depth dimensions to experience.

Deitering, Carolyn. Actions, Gestures and Bodily Attitudes (Resource Publications, 1980) explains and illustrates the expression of thought and feeling in a wide array of bodily positions and movements.

Donghi, Antonio. Actions and Words (Liturgical Press, 1997) explains the meaning and purpose of basic ritual elements in Catholic liturgical celebrations.

Eigo, Francis, ed. The Sacraments: God's Love and Mercy Actualized (Villanova University Press, 1979) contains five papers by Catholic scholars at a theology institute.

Empereur, James. Worship: Exploring the Sacred (Pastoral Press, 1987) presents an insightful contemporary approach to the experience of public worship.

Fleming, Austin. Preparing for Liturgy (Pastoral Press, 1985) is a fundamental book of theology and spirituality for liturgical planners.

Freberger, William. Liturgy: Work of the People (Twenty Third Publications, 1984) stresses the importance of full congregational participation in worship.

Green, Robin. Intimate Mystery (Cowley Publications, 1988) uses Jungian psychology to explore the experience of liturgical participation.

Harris, Chris. Creating Relevant Rituals (E. J. Dwyer, 1992) is an excellent introduction to symbol and ritual, with applications to religious education.

Hitchcock, James. The Recovery of the Sacred (Seabury Press, 1974) addresses the issue of the loss of a sense of mystery in the revised Catholic liturgy.

Irwin, Kevin. Liturgy, Prayer and Spirituality (Paulist Press, 1984) is a thorough introduction to the basics of liturgical spirituality. Liturgical Theology: A Primer (Liturgical Press, 1990) is a brief introduction to liturgical theology and its primary authors in Europe and the United States.

Krause, Fred. Liturgy in Parish Life (Alba House, 1979) argues for a close connection between liturgy and life to give worship vitality.

Lange, Joseph. Gathered Before the Lord (Christian Classics, 1990) presents pastoral and personal reflections on the connections between liturgy and life.

Leonard, John, and Nathan Mitchell. The Postures of the Assembly During the Eucharistic Prayer (Liturgy Training Publications, 1994) examines the history and meaning of the various postures that have been used by Christians at worship.

Maxwell, John. Worship in Action (Twenty-Third Publications, 1981) tells the story of an inner-city parish’s renewal of community life and sacramental life.

Mick, Lawrence. To Live As We Worship (Liturgical Press, 1984) tries to bridge the gap between liturgy and life.

Nelson, Gertrud Mueller. To Dance With God (Paulist Press, 1986) is a discussion of the meaning and power of ritual for children's and families' lives by an observant and insightful parent.

Neufer Emsweiller, Thomas and Sharon. Wholeness in Worship (Harper & Row, 1980) draws together insights from scripture, feminist thinking, and holistic health for creating dynamic liturgies.

O’Sullivan, Eugene. In His Presence (Michael Glazier, 1980) is a refreshingly candid look at liturgy and prayer.

Schaper, Robert. In His Presence (Thomas Nelson, 1984) is a basic introduction to worship, with an ecumenical appreciation for many church traditions.

Searle, Mark. Liturgy Made Simple (Liturgical Press, 1981) is an excellent introduction to the revised mass.

Walsh, Eugene. Celebration (OCP Publications, 1994) offers insightful and sometimes humorous observations on contemporary liturgy.

Weil, Louis. Gathered to Pray (Cowley Publications, 1986) is an introduction to liturgical prayer written from an Episcopalian perspective.

White, Susan. The Spirit of Worship (Darton, Longman and Todd, 1999) discusses liturgical spirituality from an ecumenical perspective.

Wilson-Kastner, Patricia. Sacred Drama (Fortress Press, 1999) presents a basic yet comprehensive understanding of the contemporary experience of worship.

Vatican II and After

Alberigo, Giuseppe, and Joseph Komonchak, eds. History of Vatican II (2 volumes, Orbis Books, 1995 and 1997) is a comprehensive study, still in progress.

Doyle, Dennis. The Church Emerging from Vatican II (Twenty-Third Publications, 1992) looks at trends and developments in practice, polity and theology.

Johnson, Paul. Pope John Paul II and the Catholic Restoration (St. Martin's Press, 1981) explains why the pope thinks reformers went too far after Vatican II.

Latourelle, René. Vatican II: Assessment and Perspectives Twenty-Five Years After (1962-1987) (Paulist Press, 1988–89) contains three volumes of articles by the faculty the Gregorian University in Rome.

McBrien, Richard. Catholicism (Harper Collins, 1994) is a compendium of post-Vatican II moderate to liberal theology.

McCarthy, Timothy. The Catholic Tradition: Before and After Vatican II (Loyola University Press, 1994) is a thematic history of Catholicism in the twentieth century.

Rynne, Xavier. Vatican Council II (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968) is the one-volume edition of the session-by-session accounts written by a Vatican insider.

For Further Study
Sacramental Theology

Auer, Johann. A General Doctrine of the Sacraments and The Mystery of The Eucharist (Catholic University of America Press, 1995) is volume 6 of a dogmatic theology series originally published shortly after Vatican II.

Brown, David, and Ann Loades, eds. Christ: The Sacramental Word (SPCK, 1996) contains articles by Catholic and Protestant scholars on the sacramentality of Christ and of Christian rituals.

Chauvet, Louis-Marie. Symbol and Sacrament (Liturgical Press, 1995) is a thoroughly post-modern obfuscation of the Christian mysteries, abetted by phenomenology.

Cooke, Bernard. Sacraments and Sacramentality (Twenty Third Publications, 1983) systematically explores how the sacraments influence Christians’ interpretation of their experience.

Ganoczy, Alexander. An Introduction to Catholic Sacramental Theology (Paulist Press, 1984) develops a communications theory of sacraments.

Gelpi, Donald. Charism and Sacrament (Paulist Press, 1976) develops a theory of the sacraments based on the experience of living in a charismatic faith community. Committed Worship (2 vols., Liturgical Press, 1993) shows how conversion to the Christian life ought to be celebrated in the liturgical sacraments.

Kilmartin, Edward. Christian Liturgy: Theology and Practice (Sheed and Ward, 1988) presents a traditional but comprehensive systematic theology of the Catholic sacraments.

Kavanagh, Aidan. On Liturgical Theology (Pueblo, 1984) develops the thesis that theologians ought to devote more attention to the church’s liturgical rituals.

Lawler, Michael. Symbol and Sacrament (Creighton University Press, 1995) weaves traditional Catholic teachings with insights from phenomenology, biblical studies and contemporary experience.

Lee, Bernard. The Becoming of the Church (Paulist Press, 1974) includes an analysis of sacramental experience using the categories of process philosophy.

Osborne, Kenan. Sacramental Theology: A General Introduction (Paulist Press, 1988) presents an overview of contemporary approaches to understanding the sacraments. Christian Sacraments in a Postmodern World (1999) brings the insights of postmodern philosophers to bear on contemporary sacramental practice.

Power, David. Sacrament: The Language of God's Giving (Crossroad, 1999) proposes, in a way that takes postmodern critiques into account, that sacramental celebrations are language events that are at once human and divine.

Rahner, Karl. Foundations of the Christian Faith (Seabury Press, 1978) contains a concise presentation of his sacramental theology in Chapter 8.

Ramshaw-Schmidt, Gail. Christ in Sacred Speech (Fortress Press, 1986) offers a thorough introduction to the meaning, derivation, and function of liturgical theology.

Ross, Susan. Extravagant Affections (Continuum, 1998) uses feminist theory from a variety of scholars to critique Catholic sacramental practice and theology.

Schillebeeckx, Edward. Christ, the Sacrament of the Encounter with God (Sheed and Ward, 1963) is the major presentation of his early contribution to sacramental theology.

Segundo, Juan Luis. The Sacraments Today (Orbis Books, 1974) looks at the sacramental system, its history and its function, from the viewpoint of liberation theology.

Van Roo, William. The Christian Sacraments (Editrice Pontifica Universita Gregoriana, 1992) shows a balanced approach: doctrinal yet not dogmatic, traditional yet not integralist.

Vorgrimler, Herbert. Sacramental Theology (Liturgical Press, 1992) continues in the grand tradition, in the spirit of Vatican II, and is even somewhat ecumenical when possible.

History of Liturgy and Worship

Adam, Adolf. Foundations of Liturgy (Liturgical Press, 1992) is a compendium of Catholic liturgical practice, with attention to the seven sacraments and other liturgical rituals.

Bradshaw, Paul. The Search for the Origins of Christian Worship (SPCK, 1992) reviews what is known about the most ancient liturgical documents and explains what can be learned from them.

Maxwell, William. An Outline of Christian Worship (Oxford University Press, 1936) summarizes liturgical developments through the Middle Ages, then focuses on worship in the churches of the Reformation.

Metzger, Marcel. History of the Liturgy: The Major Stages (Liturgical Press, 1997) focuses primarily on the patristic period, with little attention to developments in medieval and modern times.

Palazzo, Eric. A History of Liturgical Books from the Beginning to the Thirteenth Century (Liturgical Press, 1998), despite its title, focuses largely on developments in the Latin church in the Middle Ages.

Senn, Frank. Christian Liturgy: Catholic and Evangelical (Fortress Press, 1997) is a thorough and detailed history of Christian worship in the West, with some references to Eastern rites.

van Olst, Evert. The Bible and Liturgy (William B. Eerdmans, 1991) exposes the liturgical origins of many scriptures and describes how texts have been used liturgically in history.

White, James. A Brief History of Christian Worship (Abingdon Press, 1993) provides a valuable systematic overview of the major periods in church history.

Theories of Liturgy and Worship

Casel, Odo. The Mystery of Christian Worship (Crossroad, 1999) is a classic of the liturgical movement, originally published in 1932, that related the Christian mysteries to other religions.

Collins, Patrick. Bodying Forth: Aesthetic Liturgy (Paulist Press, 1992) is a prolonged reflection on John Dewey's philosophy of art and experience applied to Catholic liturgy.

Foley, John. Creativity and the Roots of Liturgy (Pastoral Press, 1994) uses art theory to understand the creation and effectiveness of religious ritual.

Fagerburg, David. What Is Liturgical Theology? (Liturgical Press, 1992) analyzes three different approaches, each of which calls itself liturgical theology.

Fink, Peter. Worship: Praying the Sacraments (Pastoral Press, 1991) is a good example of liturgical theology as reflection on liturgical texts and practices.

Fisch, Thomas, ed. Liturgy and Tradition (St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1990) is a collection of essays by Orthodox liturgical theologian, Alexander Schmemann.

Irwin, Kevin. Context and Text (Liturgical Press, 1994) argues that liturgical theology must be based not only on liturgical texts but also on ritual performance and social context.

Lathrop, Gordon. Holy Things (Fortress Press, 1993) attempts to develop a liturgical theology that is both accepting of and critical of traditional Christian worship.

Morrill, Bruce, ed. Bodies of Worship (Liturgical Press, 1999) explores the significance of individual, ecclesial and cultural bodies in liturgical practice and experience

Old, Hughes Oliphant. Themes and Variations for a Christian Doxology (William B. Eerdmans, 1992) attempts to develop a liturgical theology from a Protestant perspective.

Peterson, David. Engaging with God (William B. Eerdmans, 1992) draws from the Bible to understand the inner dynamics of personal and group worship.

Power, David. Worship: Culture and Theology (Pastoral Press, 1990) collects fifteen articles of the author on liturgy, culture, theology and other subjects.

Procter-Smith, Marjorie. In Her Own Rite (Abingdon Press, 1990) accuses most church worship of being patriarchal and proposes a feminist reconstruction.

Liturgical Celebration and Spirituality

Austin, Gerald et al. Called to Prayer (Liturgical Press, 1986) discusses the contributions of scripture, sacraments, devotions and the arts to liturgical spirituality.

Corbon, Jean. The Wellspring of Worship (Paulist Press, 1988) is a spiritual theology of liturgical worship, written from an Eastern Christian perspective.

Dean, Stephen, ed. Celebration: The Liturgy Handbook (Geoffrey Chapman, 1993) is a collection of articles by British Catholic liturgical scholars on topics ranging from Vatican II to contemporary issues.

Deiss, Lucien. The Mass (Liturgical Press, 1992) is a step by step analysis of the current Roman rite for the mass. Celebration of the Word (1993) presents a detailed analysis of the first part of the Mass.

Erickson, Craig Douglas. Participating in Worship (Westminster John Knox, 1989) examines the variety of levels and styles of participation in different forms of public worship.

Kinast, Robert. Sacramental Pastoral Care (Pueblo, 1988) addresses sticky pastoral issues connected with the Catholic sacraments.

Madigan, Shawn. Spirituality Rooted in Liturgy (Pastoral Press, 1988) explores Christian attitudes and behaviors that arise from the experience of worship.

McManus, Frederick. Liturgical Participation (Pastoral Press, 1988) briefly examines congregational participation in Catholic worship since Vatican II in theory and practice.

Ogden, Thomas. Ministry Through Word and Sacrament (Crossroad, 1989) is a collection of primarily patristic texts supported by a commentary by the author.

Pfatteicher, Philip. The School of the Church (Trinity Press International, 1995) argues that active participation in weekly worship shapes Christian beliefs and values. Liturgical Spirituality (1997) promotes a Christian interiority that is based on participation in year-round worship.

Ramshaw, Gail. Liturgical Language (Liturgical Press, 1996) is a clear summary of the nature, history and problems associated with the language used in formal worship.

Saliers, Don. Worship Come to Its Senses (Abingdon Press, 1996) argues that authentic worship is characterized by a sense of awe, delight, truth, and hope.

Senn, Frank. The Witness of the Worshipping Community (Paulist Press, 1993) argues that liturgical practices can and should be instruments of evangelization and mission, as well as celebrations of the church.

Smolarski, Dennis. Sacred Mysteries (Paulist Press, 1995) derives principles of liturgical practice from sacramental theology.

Stevenson, Kenneth. Worship: Wonderful and Sacred Mystery (Pastoral Press, 1992) collects articles written by the author on eucharist, the marriage liturgy, and other religious rituals.

White, James. Introduction to Christian Worship (Abingdon Press, 1990) presents an overview of all aspects of Protestant and Catholic worship.

Wagner, Mary Anthony. The Sacred World of the Christian (Liturgical Press, 1993) explores sacramentality as a sensible dimension of the religious, starting from the sacred world of native Americans.

Zimmerman, Joyce Ann. Liturgy As Living Faith (University of Scranton Press, 1993) is a scholarly examination of the connectedness between liturgy and life, based largely on the hermeneutics of Paul Ricoeur.

Liturgical Renewal and Adaptation

Berger, Teresa. Women's Ways of Worship (Liturgical Press, 1999) highlights women's contributions to early church worship and to the twentieth century liturgical movement.

Bugnini, Annibale. The Reform of the Liturgy, 1948–1975 (Liturgical Press, 1990) is a scholarly and detailed account of how the revised rites took shape through years of research, many drafts, exhaustive negotiations, and final compromises.

Chupungco, Anscar. Cultural Adaptation of the Liturgy (Paulist Press, 1982) argues on historical and anthropological grounds that liturgy should be allowed to evolve in culturally diverse ways. Liturgies of the Future (Paulist Press, 1989) shows how the process of inculturation is grounded in the spirit and documents of Vatican II. Liturgical Inculturation (Liturgical Press, 1992) reviews various dimensions of inculturation before discussing catechesis, sacramentals, and popular piety. Worship: Beyond Inculturation (Pastoral Press, 1994) points out cultural elements in early liturgical history and argues for continued cultural adaptation.

Coomaraswamy, Rama. The Problems with the New Mass (TAN Books, 1990) bases its criticism on the scholastic interpretation of the Tridentine mass.

Crichton, J. D. Lights in the Darkness (Liturgical Press, 1996) reviews developments in liturgical practice and scholarship from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century.

Dallen, James. The Dilemma of Priestless Sundays (Liturgy Training Publications, 1994) explores the theological and practical consequences of Sunday worship led by the non-ordained.

Davis, Kenneth, ed. Misa, Mesa y Musa: Liturgy in the U. S. Hispanic Church (World Library Publications, 1997) gathers a dozen articles on this increasingly important topic.

Donovan, Vincent. Christianity Rediscovered (Orbis Books, 1982) relates one missionary’s discovery of the meaning and value of allowing people to develop their own sacramental rituals.

Egbulem, Nwaka Chris. The Power of Africentric Celebrations (Crossroad, 1996) analyzes the Zairean Mass of 1988 and suggests implications for African and African American worship.

Elizondo, Virgilio, and Timothy Matovina. Mestizo Worship (Liturgical Press, 1998) examines the foundational faith expressions of Mexican Americans, particularly toward Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Fenwick, John, and Brian Spinks. Worship in Transition (T. Clark, 1995) chronicles the liturgical movement in many churches from 1900 to the end of the century.

Francis, Mark. Liturgy in a Multicultural Community (Liturgical Press, 1991) examines issues that arise when worshipping communities are comprised of people of more than one language or culture.

Gamber, Klaus. The Reform of the Roman Liturgy (Una Voce Press, 1993) praises conservative efforts to reverse the reforms of Vatican II.

Gelineau, Joseph. The Liturgy Today and Tomorrow (Darton, Longman and Todd, 1978) contains personal reflections on the revised Catholic liturgy by a liturgist who promoted the revisions.

Häussling, Angelus. The Meaning of the Liturgy (Liturgical Press, 1994) presents six somewhat esoteric essays by German scholars.

Lumbala, F. Kabasele. Celebrating Jesus Christ in Africa (Orbis Books, 1998) describes indigenous rites, or rites with uniquely African elements, for each of the sacraments.

Madden, Lawrence, ed. The Awakening Church (Liturgical Press, 1992) presents ten authors reflecting on twenty-five years of liturgical renewal in the Catholic Church.

McManus, Frederick, ed. Thirty Years of Liturgical Renewal (United States Catholic Conference, 1987) documents liturgical reform in America with statements of the Bishops’ Committee on the Liturgy from 1963 to 1985.

Meeks, Blair Gilmer, ed. The Landscape of Praise (Trinity Press International, 1996) collects forty-six articles that originally appeared in the periodical, Liturgy.

Nichols, Aidan. Looking at the Liturgy (Ignatius Press, 1996) uses contemporary ritual studies to argue against the post-Vatican II reforms of Catholic worship.

Nocent, Adrien. A Rereading of the Renewed Liturgy (Liturgical Press, 1994) suggests improvements that could be made in the revised Catholic rites.

Ottaviani, Alfredo et al. The Ottaviani Intervention (TAN Books, 1992) translates the cardinal's 1969 cover letter and revised critique of the new mass, drafted by conservative theologians.

Peckleers, Keith. The Unread Vision (Liturgical Press, 1998) relates stories of the liturgical movement in the U. S. from 1926 to 1955.

Procter-Smith, Marjorie. Praying With Our Eyes Open (Abingdon Press, 1995) critiques the patriarchal characteristics of most public prayer and presents principles for feminist inclusive worship.

Ratzinger, Joseph. The Feast of Faith (Ignatius Press, 1986) gives the cardinal's responses to liturgical questions at the beginning of his tenure as a Vatican official.

Ratzinger, Joseph. A New Song for the Lord (Crossroad, 1996) is a collection of articles on liturgy published between 1975 and 1994.

Reuther, Rosemary Radford. Women-Church (Harper and Row, 1985) surveys the thinking of radical Catholic women and worship services that they developed.

Senn, Frank, ed. New Eucharistic Prayers (Paulist Press, 1987) contains scholarly articles explaining how and why Catholics and Protestants have revised various parts of the eucharistic liturgy.

Spurr, Barry. The Word in the Desert (Lutterworth Press, 1995) takes a critical look at liturgical reform in the Anglican and Roman Catholic churches.

Tovey, Philip. Inculturation: The Eucharist in Africa (Grove Books, 1988) illustrates the meaning of inculturation with a variety of actual examples.

Tuzik, Robert, ed. How Firm a Foundation (Liturgy Training Publications, 1990) compiles informative biographies of the leaders of the liturgical movement in Europe and America.

Uzukwu, E. Elochukwu. Liturgy: Truly Christian, Truly African (Gaba Publications, 1982) argues for the creation of African rites as valid liturgical forms parallel to the Eastern rites.

Uzukwu, E. Elochukwu. Worship As Body Language (Liturgical Press, 1997) argues for the appropriateness of African gestures and rituals.

Walton, Janet. Feminist Liturgy (Liturgical Press, 2000) suggests ways to apply the principles of feminism to the design and interpretation of Christian worship.

Weakland, Rembert. Themes of Renewal (Pastoral Press, 1995) collects essays on liturgical music and other aspects of Catholic worship.

White, James. Christian Worship in North America (Liturgical Press, 1997) collects the author's articles written between 1955 and 1995 on various aspects of Catholic and Protestant worship.

Worship and the Human Sciences

Browning, Robert, and Roy Reed. The Sacraments in Religious Education and Liturgy (Religious Education Press, 1985) uses contributions from the human sciences to examine the potential of sacramental celebrations for individual and communal development.

Duffy, Regis, ed. Alternative Futures for Worship, Volume 1: General Introduction (Liturgical Press, 1987) discusses the importance of the human sciences for understanding sacraments, and uses concepts from those sciences to analyze the experience of ritual.

Flanagan, Kieran. Sociology and Liturgy (St. Martin's Press, 1991) analyzes liturgical spaces and actions in terms of their social effects.

Fourez, Gerard. Sacraments and Passages (Ave Maria Press, 1983) uses phenomenology and sociology to detect distortions in the authentic practice and understanding of sacramental celebrations.

Martos, Joseph. The Catholic Sacraments (Michael Glazier, 1983) looks at sacramental practices in the light of psychology, sociology, history, and spirituality.

Micks, Marianne. The Future Present (Seabury Press, 1970) develops a phenomenology of the experience of Christian worship, using insights from secular and religious scholars.

Mitchell, Nathan. Liturgy and the Social Sciences (Liturgical Press, 1999) discusses the past, present and future of liturgical studies performed from a social science perspective.

Power, David. Unsearchable Riches (Pueblo, 1984) brings recent developments in philosophy and psychology, sociology and anthropology to bear on the polyvalent symbolism of sacraments.

Senn, Frank. Christian Worship and Its Cultural Setting (Fortress Press, 1983) uses the human sciences to analyze and improve the performance of liturgy.

Worgul, George. From Magic to Metaphor (Paulist Press, 1980) draws upon findings of the human sciences to analyze the nature and function of sacraments.

Zimmerman, Joyce Ann. Liturgy and Hermeneutics (Liturgical Press, 1999) shows how contemporary theories of interpretation are being used to understand liturgical texts and shape liturgical practice.

Liturgy and Ethics

Avila, Rafael. Worship and Politics (Orbis Books, 1977) argues that authentic Christian liturgy has ethical and even political implications.

Downey, Michael. Clothed in Christ (Crossroad, 1987) works out the behavioral implications of the sacraments in terms of personal morality, social ethics and pastoral practice.

Duffy, Regis. Real Presence (Harper & Row, 1982) emphasizes the necessity of commitment and praxis for authentic sacramental worship.

Empereur, James, and Christopher Kiesling. The Liturgy That Does Justice (Liturgical Press, 1990) emphasizes the need to relate sacramental worship to the transformation of society in the spirit of the gospel.

Forrester, Duncan, Ian McDonald, and Gian Tellini. Encounter with God (T. Clark, 1996) is an introduction to liturgy that emphasizes its connection to religious experience and ethical behavior.

McKenna, Megan. Rites of Justice (Orbis Books, 1997) combines fable and reflection to insert the social ethics of the gospels into each of the seven sacraments.

Searle, Mark, ed. Liturgy and Social Justice (Liturgical Press, 1980) shows how the two used to be and should again be interconnected.

Sedgwick, Timothy. Sacramental Ethics (Fortress Press, 1987) shows how the paschal movement of the liturgy implies a Christian morality which is normative but not legalistic.

Smith, Harmon. Where Two or Three Are Gathered (Pilgrim Press, 1995) argues that liturgical worship ought to engender personal morality and social ethics.

Willimon, William. The Service of God (Abingdon Press, 1983) looks at how worship, personal morality, and social ethics are interrelated.

Wrenn, Brian. What Language Shall I Borrow? (Crossroad, 1989) confronts the vexing problem of sexism in public prayers.

Sacraments and Ecumenism

Baptism, Eucharist, and Ministry (World Council of Churches, 1982), Faith and Order Paper No. 111, sometimes called the Lima document, is a carefully worded ecumenical statement of faith of many Protestant churches.

Coniaris, Anthony. These Are the Sacraments (Light and Life, 1981) is a basic yet complete introduction to the Orthodox understanding of the sacraments.

Fahey, Michael, ed. Catholic Perspectives on Baptism, Eucharist, and Ministry (University Press of America, 1986) is a study commissioned by the Catholic Theological Society of America.

Kucharek, Casimir. The Sacramental Mysteries: A Byzantine Approach (Alleluia Press, 1976) presents the history and theology of the sacraments as they are practiced in the eastern uniate churches.

Limouris, Gennadios, and Nomikos Michael Vaporis, eds. Orthodox Perspectives on Baptism, Eucharist, and Ministry (Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 1985) contains papers delivered at a symposium addressing the Lima document.

Maquarrie, John. A Guide to the Sacraments (Continuum, 1997) is a conversational yet far-ranging treatment of the seven sacraments by an Anglican scholar.

Schmemann, Alexander. Sacraments and Orthodoxy (Herder and Herder, 1965) is a very readable introduction to the theology of the sacraments as they are understood in the Orthodox churches.

Schwarz, Hans. Divine Communication (Fortress Press, 1985) analyzes how scripture and sacrament were understood from various perspectives during the Reformation.

Thurian, Max, ed. Churches Respond to BEM (World Council of Churches, 1986) presents replies of eleven denominations to the formulation of beliefs in the Lima document.

van Beeck, Frans Jozef. Grounded in Love: Sacramental Theology in an Ecumenical Perspective (University Press of America, 1981) suggests that legalistic attitudes and magical beliefs lie at the heart of many Protestant-Catholic disagreements.

Wainwright, Geoffrey. Worship With One Accord (Oxford University Press, 1997) collects recent articles by a recognized scholar.

White, James. The Sacraments in Protestant Practice and Faith (Abingdon Press, 1999) compares the theology and practice of baptism and the Lord's supper among the reformers and the churches in the various traditions.

Liturgy and Canon Law

Halligan, Nicholas. The Sacraments and Their Celebration (Alba House, 1986) is a handbook on the valid and licit administration of the sacraments according to the new code.

Huels, John. Disputed Questions in the Liturgy Today (Liturgy Training Publications, 1988) looks at both sides of a number of debated issues relating to confirmation, penance, eucharist, and anointing of the sick.

Liptak, David. The New Code and the Sacraments (Liturgical Publications, 1983) summarizes the canons and explains them.

McDonald, John. The Sacraments in the Christian Life (St. Paul Publications, 1983) is a commentary on the new Code of Canon Law as it pertains to the sacraments.

Seasoltz, Kevin. New Liturgy, New Laws (Liturgical Press, 1980) insists that rubrics should serve and enhance worship, not restrict it.

Reference Resources

Bouley, Allan, ed. Catholic Rites Today (Liturgical, 1992) is an abridged version of The Rites, for use by students.

Catechism of the Catholic Church (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1994) covers liturgy and the sacraments in addition to all other aspects of the Catholic faith.

Crichton, J. D. Christian Celebration: The Mass, The Sacraments, The Prayer of the Church (Geoffrey Chapman, 1981) is a work of careful scholarship and judicious evaluation of historical and contemporary Catholic worship.

Chupungco, Anscar, ed. Handbook for Liturgical Studies (Liturgical Press), despite its name is a multi-volume collection of articles by international liturgical scholars: Vol. I, Introduction to the Liturgy (1997); Vol. II, Fundamental Liturgy (1998); Vol. III, The Eucharist (1999); Vol. IV, Sacraments and Sacramentals (2000).

Davies, J. G., ed. The New Dictionary of Liturgy and Worship (Westminster Press, 1986) is more ecumenical in scope than the previous work, and contains illustrative photographs, drawings, and diagrams.

Fink, Peter, ed. The New Dictionary of Sacramental Worship (Liturgical Press, 1990) contains concise articles on almost every aspect of Catholic liturgical practice and theology, with select bibliographies.

Flannery, Austin, ed. Vatican Council II, The Basic Sixteen Documents: Constitutions, Decrees, Declarations (Inclusive language edition, Costello Publishing Company, 1996) contains the sixteen documents issued by the Council.

Jones, Cheslyn, Geoffrey Wainwright, Edward Yarnold, and Paul Bradshaw, eds. The Study of Liturgy (Oxford University Press, 1992) covers a broad range of topics from the very particular to the very theoretical.

The Liturgy Documents: A Parish Resource (Liturgy Training Publications, 1991) quotes important church documents written between 1963 and 1985, with introductions to their applicability in parish and diocesan situations.

Martimort, Aimé Georges. The Church at Prayer (4 vols., Liturgical Press, 1985–87) is a compact theological encyclopedia of liturgical history and current practice, with extensive documentation for further research.

O’Brien, Thomas, ed. Documents on the Liturgy, 1963–1979 (Liturgical Press, 1982) collects 554 official documents from the council, two popes, and the curia issued during the most active period of liturgical development after Vatican II.

Pfatteicher, Philip. A Dictionary of Liturgical Terms (Trinity Press International, 1991) gives concise definitions of most of the elements in Protestant, Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox worship.

The Rites of the Catholic Church (2 vols., Liturgical Press, 1990) contains the complete texts and official introductions to all of the revised sacramental rites.

Sacramentum Mundi (6 vols., Herder and Herder, 1970) is a Catholic theological encyclopedia containing concise and informative articles on the sacraments.

Smolarski, Dennis. Liturgical Literacy (Paulist Press, 1990) is a glossary of terms related to worship, from Abba to Zucchetto.

Webber, Robert, ed. The Sacred Actions of Christian Worship (Star Song Publishing Group, 1994) is volume 6 of The Complete Library of Christian Worship, an evangelical Protestant encyclopedia.

Webber, Robert, ed. Twenty Centuries of Christian Worship (Star Song Publishing Group, 1994) is volume 2 of The Complete Library of Christian Worship, an evangelical Protestant encyclopedia.

Wegman, Herman. Christian Worship in East and West (Pueblo, 1985) is a unique study guide to liturgical history, exhaustively listing references to primary and secondary resources under many subject headings.