Authentic Liturgical Renewal in Contemporary Perspective

Uwe Michael Lang

• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9780567678423
• eBook ISBN:
  9780567678447
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Denominations

The ongoing debates on the present state and the future of the Roman Catholic worship are not confined to specialists, but are clearly of interest to a wider public, as the responses to the Sacra Liturgia UK conference, held in London in July 2016, have shown.

This volume contains the proceedings of the conference and raises the question of how to bring to fruition the insights and instructions of the Second Vatican Council and its key document on the liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium, in the life of the Church today. The initial contribution from Robert Cardinal Sarah, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, calls for a fuller implementation of Sacrosanctum Concilium. Following on from this other leading figures and liturgical scholars, such as Joris Geldhof, David Fagerberg and Alcuin Reid, examine Catholic worship from a variety of perspectives, including historical, pastoral, social, cultural and artistic themes. Taken together, these chapters present another crucial step along the route of authentic liturgical renewal in the contemporary world.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Notes on Contributors
• Preface
• List of Abbreviations
• Chapter 1 Opening Remarks
• Chapter 2 Towards an Authentic Implementation of Sacrosanctum Concilium
• Chapter 3 Liturgy and the Triune God: Rethinking Trinitarian Theology
• Chapter 4 The Public Nature of Catholic Liturgy
• Chapter 5 The Ethical Character of the Mysteries: Observations from a Moral Theologian
• Chapter 6 Doing the World Liturgically: Stewardship of Creation and Care for the Poor
• Chapter 7 Liturgy Beyond the Secular
• Chapter 8 ‘Especially in Mission Territories’ (SC 38): New Evangelization and Liturgical (Reform of the) Reform
• Chapter 9 The Tridentine Liturgical Reform in Historical Perspective
• Chapter 10 On the Council Floor: The Council Fathers’ Debate of the Schema on the Sacred Liturgy
• Chapter 11 Sing a New Song to the Lord – Towards a Revised Translation of the Liturgy of the Hours
• Chapter 12 Divine Worship: The Missal and ‘the Liturgical Books Proper to the Anglican Tradition’ (Anglicanorum Coetibus, Art. III)
• Chapter 13 The Vicissitudes of Liturgy and Architecture Shown at the Example of Berlin’s Cathedral of St Hedwig
• Chapter 14 Homily at the Votive Mass of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles
• Chapter 15 Set Free at the Source of Our Demise Homily at the Votive Mass of Our Lord Jesus Christ, Eternal High Priest
• Chapter 16 Homily at the Votive Mass of Blessed John Henry Newman