From Altar-Throne to Table

The Campaign for Frequent Holy Communion in the Catholic Church

Joseph Dougherty (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

262 Seiten

2010
Scarecrow Press (Verlag)
978-0-8108-7164-9 (ISBN)

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From Altar-Throne to Table: The Campaign for Frequent Holy Communion in the Catholic Church investigates what the celebrated scholar of liturgy Robert A. Taft, SJ, calls the greatest and most successful liturgical reform in Catholic history. Only a century ago, faithful, practicing Catholics received Holy Communion only once a year; now, among American English-speaking Catholics, Holy Communion is a routine, weekly devotional practice. This book explains how and why this ritual sea-change happened. This book emphasizes that significant ritual change may occur while liturgical texts remain the same, and it also proposes a method for understanding the causes for such a ritual change. It admonishes not to project current ritual practice into even our recent past. Further, it implies an explanation for the massive decline in Catholics' use of the sacrament of reconciliation.

Joseph Dougherty, a De la Salle Christian Brother, teaches in the Religion Department of La Salle University.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.6.2010
Reihe/Serie	ATLA Monograph Series
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	164 x 239 mm
Gewicht	540 g
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Liturgik / Homiletik
ISBN-10	0-8108-7164-5 / 0810871645
ISBN-13	978-0-8108-7164-9 / 9780810871649
Zustand	Neuware