First Communion - Couverture souple

McGrail, Peter

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1032099763 ISBN 13 : 9781032099767

Editeur : Routledge, 2021

Synopsis

One of the most carefully prepared liturgies of any Roman Catholic parish's year is the celebration of 'First Communion'. This is the ritual by which seven or eight year old children are admitted to the Eucharist for the first time. Bringing to the fore the relationship and tensions between liturgy and church structures, this book offers extensive

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Revd Dr Peter McGrail is Senior Lecturer of Catholic Studies at Liverpool Hope University, UK. He is a priest of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool with over twenty years of pastoral experience. He has worked extensively at diocesan and national levels in the fields of liturgy and catechesis, was Director of Pastoral Formation for the Archdiocese from 1997-2006, is currently a member of the Liturgy Committee of the Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, and Chair of its Liturgical Formation sub-committee. This book is developed from fieldwork and reflection around his long-standing interest in the relationship between liturgy and broader societal and cultural trends, especially as evidenced in the celebration of first communion. He has contributed a chapter entitled 'Display and Division: Congregational Conflict among Roman Catholics' in Mathew Guest and Karin Tusting (eds), Congregational Studies in the UK, Ashgate (2004).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1032099763
• ISBN 13: 9781032099767
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 212
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