Aidan Nichols Additional Author mixed material bibliography San Francisco: Ignatius Press San Francisco: Ignatius Press 1996 monographic en English

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Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger has called for a "new" liturgical movement of the twenty first century to maximize the strengths and minimize the weaknesses of the "old" in the century now closing. This book attempts an assessment of the 20th century liturgical movement and the brave but flawed reform to which it gave birth. Fr. Nichols reviews the reform as an historian, sociologist and cultural critic, pinpointing the areas that need to be addressed if a more satisfactory liturgical life in the Western Catholicism is to be achieved. A timely and important work which is certain to spark much discussion on the need for a critical assessment of liturgical reform. "In incredibly scholarly and readable fashion, Father Nichols provides us with a "behind-the-scenes" look at the contemporary liturgy of the Roman Rite: How we got where we are, just where we are, and how we might be able to move ahead. The work is characterized by ratio-nal discourse, moderate evaluations and modest proposals for the "reform of the reform" around which goal a consensus appears to be growing. This is "must"reading for any priest, seminarian or church musician, but equally for anyone who truly loves and cherishes the worship life of the Church." Peter St Editor, The Catholic Answer Public worship 2640898705924 Transformatio Library Bandung Theological Seminary 264 Nic l E07006217 Non Fiction 264 Nic l Looking_at_the_liturgy.jpg 65946 2014-12-17 15:04:21 2026-03-17 17:06:55 machine generated