A host of both very old and entirely new liturgical practices have arisen in digital mediation, from the live-streaming of worship services and “pray-as-you-go” apps, to digital prayer chapels, virtual choirs and online pilgrimages.This study of online liturgical practices addresses…
Category: Prayer
Teilhard’s Mass: Approaches to “The Mass on the World”, by Thomas M. King, S.J.
“The Mass on the World” is a fifteen-page prayer written by the theologian, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. In Teilhard’s Mass, Thomas King explores the careful thought behind Teilhard’s powerful images and reveals the heart and mind of the man. Available…
Encountering Christ in the Eucharist: The Paschal Mystery in People, Word, and Sacrament, by Bruce T. Morrill, SJ
Draws upon the best of recent biblical, historical, and theological sources to explore how Christ is present in the celebration of the Eucharist in the assembly, presiding minister, biblical word, and ritual sacrament … sheds new light on such topics…
Meeting Mystery: Liturgy, Worship, Sacraments (Theology in Global Perspectives), by Nathan D. Mitchell
‘Meeting Mystery’ is both an introduction to liturgy, worship, and sacrament for beginners and an adventure that guides the reader to the place where God’s surprising self is revealed and the human soul is moved to awe and love. Find…
Julian of Norwich: A Very Brief History, by Janina Ramirez
This brief historical introduction to Julian of Norwich explores the social, political and religious factors that formed the original context of her life and writings, and considers how those factors affected the way she was initially received. The second part…
Rites of Justice: The Sacraments and Liturgy as Ethical Imperatives, by Megan McKenna
Megan McKenna explores the connect between walking with God and participating in the rituals of the church. Using stories, reflection, Scripture and Church history, she leads us to a deeper understanding of Catholic sacraments and ritual. Her reflections show how…
Henri Nouwen: His Life and Spirit, by Kevin Burns
This innovative new biography by Kevin Burns will remind readers why they loved Henri Nouwen’s books years ago and provide a welcome guide to his spirituality, introducing one of the most important Catholics of the second half of the 20th…
The Sacraments: An Interdisciplinary and Interactive Study, by Joseph Martos
What are the sacraments, really? For centuries, the religious lives of Catholics and other Christians have revolved around church rituals with generally accepted individual and social effects. What, precisely, are those effects, and how are they produced? Traditional theology used…
The Way of Suffering: A Geography of Crisis, by Jerome Miller
This book can best be described as an extended meditation on suffering, phenomenological in method and dialectical in point of view. The angle the author takes is that of moral self-examination rather that conventional scholarly inquiry, and his aim is…
Images of Hope: Imagination as Healer of the Hopeless, by William Lynch
Lynch says he bases the book on two assumptions. First, he believes whatever is ill with the mentally ill is human. Second, he says that the well can put off the impossible burden of trying to be as well as…
