Liturgical Press: 724 books
Catholicism and Citizenship
Political Cultures of the Church in the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2017
The beginning of the twenty-first century has provided abundant evidence of the necessity to reexamine the relationship between Catholicism and the modern, global world. This book tries to proceed on this path with a focus on the meaning, legacy, and reception in today’s world of the ecclesiology...
by William R. Crockett
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
Doctor Crockett traces the evolution of Eucharistic traditions - traditions which reflect the cultural diversity characteristic of the regions in which they were produced - and compares them to our Eucharistic celebrations today, exploring as well the relationship between Eucharist and justice.
Becoming Beholders
Cultivating Sacramental Imagination and Actions in College Classrooms
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2014
Catholic colleges and universities have long engaged in conversation about how to fulfill their mission in creative ways across the curriculum. The "sacramental vision" of Catholic higher education posits that God is made manifest in the study of all disciplines.
Becoming Beholders...
The Old English Rule of Saint Benedict
with Related Old English Texts
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2017
Awarded 2019 Best Edition or Translation of an Anglo-Saxon (or Anglo-Latin) Text by the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists
St. Æthelwold (904/9 –984), abbot of Abingdon and bishop of Winchester, made the first translation of the Rule of Saint Benedict into English (or, indeed, into...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2016
The question of restoring women to the ordained diaconate surfaced during the Second Vatican Council and continued to resound in academic and pastoral circles well after the diaconate was restored as a permanent order in the church in the West. This volume contains twelve essays—five translated...
by Naaman Paul
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
The Maronite Church is one of twenty-two Eastern Catholic Churches in communion with the Pope of Rome. Her patriarch is in Lebanon. Forty-three bishops and approximately five million faithful make up her presence throughout the world.
The story of Maron, a fifth-century hermit-priest, and the...
The Second Vatican Council
Message and Meaning
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
Convened by Pope John XXIII, the Second Vatican Council (1962–65) profoundly changed the self-image and life of the Catholic Church. But understanding, interpreting, and implementing Vatican II still remain a task far from completed. Pope Francis has given fresh impetus toward practicing the Council’s...
Light in the Shoe Shop
A Cobbler's Contemplations
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2013
Light in the Shoe Shop offers readers a unique and intimate glance into the day-to-day experience of living the cloistered life in feminine mode. In her “cobbler’s contemplations”—no metaphor here: the author did indeed make and mend her sisters’ shoes for many years—Mother Agnes reveals...
The Art of The Saint John's Bible
The Complete Reader's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2013
From the time that pages of The Saint John's Bible began touring in major exhibitions nearly a decade ago, people have been moved, captivated, and inspired by this stunning work of modern sacred art. But they often have questions about the illuminations that are scattered throughout the Bible, especially...
The Trinity
Insights from the Mystics
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
Though trinitarian theology has enjoyed a resurgence of interest in the last few years, there is a lamentable lacuna in much of this study, a gap between intellectual rigor and concrete experience. While the contributions of Augustine of Hippo and Thomas Aquinas are important to any foundational study...
What is Lonergan Up to in "Insight"?
A Primer
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
Many consider Bernard Lonergan the outstanding Catholic philosopher of the twentieth century, and his Insight: A Study in Human Understanding (1957) is a brilliant but difficult work that has challenged innumerable readers.What Is Lonergan Up to in Insight? is an accessible introduction to the leading...
The Didache
Text, Translation, Analysis, and Commentary
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
Most Christians believe that everything about Jesus and the early church can be found in their New Testament. In recent years, however, the discovery of the Gospel of Thomas and the reconstruction of the Q-Gospel have led scholars to recognize that some very early materials were left out. Now, due...
A Vision of Justice
Engaging Catholic Social Teaching on the College Campus
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2014
A Vision of Justice: Engaging Catholic Social Teaching on the College Campus draws together the insights of social scientists, historians, and theologians in order to introduce readers to central topics in Catholic Social Teaching and to provide concrete examples of how it is being put into action...
by Janet Schaeffler OP
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2016
One of the great theological virtues, hope is a sign of our trust in God, the foundation for making our way through difficulties, and an invitation to witness to God’s care in our lives. A psalm, a Pauline passage, and a gospel passage allow us to explore this virtue of which our world is in such need.