Context and Text: Method in Liturgical Theology - Softcover

Irwin S.T.D., Rev. Msgr. Kevin W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0814661254 ISBN 13: 9780814661253

Publisher: Liturgical Press, 1994

Synopsis

Despite Sacrosanctum Concilium and the twenty-five years' worth of scholarship that followed, much still needs to be said and discovered about the relationship between liturgy and theology.

This work is situated within the present debate over liturgical theology in at least three ways: it concerns methods for the study of liturgy, it explores the meanings that the term liturgical theology can have, and it contributes to the evaluation and critique of present and possible future forms of liturgical rites. In addition, it articulates how the study of liturgy is essentially pastoral theology in that liturgical rites shape the faith and life of believing participants.

The historical, theological, and pastoral investigation of the liturgy required by the constitution on the Sacred Liturgy forms the background and part of the rationale for this work. It is both a proposal for and an example of an investigation of the Church's liturgical praxis from aliturgical-theological perspective. What the reader gains is principles for interpreting the various aspects of liturgy (texts, symbols, ritual gestures) in relation to each other in a theological way and for articulating some theological and spiritual implications derived from liturgy.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This work approaches the sacraments from the perspective of liturgical theology, including the Church's present sacramental rites and a reinterpretation of the maxim lex orandi, lex statuat supplicandi. It includes exploration and critique of the general instructions, present Lectionary readings and euchology of the sacraments found in the revised rites as these disclose theological meanings that reflect the Church's belief about what the sacraments enact.

About the Author:

Monsignor Kevin W. Irwin has been on the faculty of The Catholic University of America for over thirty years, where he held the Walter J. Schmitz Chair of Liturgical Studies (2000–2015), served as Dean of the School of Theology and Religious Studies (2005–2011), and is currently an Ordinary Research Professor. Msgr. Irwin has published eighteen books on liturgy and sacraments.

About this edition

• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0814661254
• ISBN 13: 9780814661253
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 408