T&T Clark Companion to Liturgy

Catholic liturgy is currently an area of considerable interest and debate if not controversy in Catholic scholarship. This companion will seek both to provide a sound grounding in the study of Catholic liturgy as well as credible scholarly input into the current debate about its nature and future by bringing together reputable historical and theological scholarship from varying perspectives whilst maintaining an editorial stance that is firmly grounded in sound Catholic liturgical tradition.Crucial to the importance of the book will be the examination of the status of mid-late twentieth century liturgical scholarship upon which the liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council were predicated and implemented, and how these assumptions are being re-examined today, particularly in the light of the liturgical reforms of Benedict XVI.

Dom Alcuin Reid is a monk of the Monastère Saint-Benoît in La Garde-Freinet, France. He is an internationally renown liturgical scholar and author.

Introduction - Dr Alcuin Reid  The Study of Catholic Liturgy ­- A Guide to Methodolgy and Sources  -  aa.vv. according to different specialisations A-Z of the Study of Catholic Liturgy Part I: The Liturgy in History I. The Jewish Origins of Christian Liturgy - Professor Robert Hayward II. The Study of Early Liturgy - Dr Daniel Van Slyke III. Key Themes in Early Medieval Liturgy - Dr Yitzhak Hen IV. Late Medieval Liturgy - tba V. The Liturgy of the Council of Trent and Beyond - tba VI. Nineteenth Century Liturgists - Dom Paul Gunter OSB VII. The Twentieth Century Liturgical Movement - Dr Alcuin Reid VIII. Liturgical Unity and Diversity in History: The Uses of the Roman Rite - Dr Miklos Foldvary IX. The Liturgy of the Sacraments - Dr James Leachman OSB X. The Divine Office in History - Professor Lázló Dobzay XI. Gregorian Chant - Dr Susan Treacy Part II: The Liturgy of the Second Vatican Council I. The Vision of the Council - tba II. After Vatican II: Continuity or Rupture? Dr Alcuin Reid III. The Prayers of the Missal of Paul VI - Dr Lauren Pristas IV. Beyond Vatican II - Postconciliar Liturgical Directions - tba V. A Reform of the Reform? - Fr Thomas Kocik VI. The Usus Antiquior in the Church of Today and Tomorrow - Dr Alcuin Reid Part III: Themes in Contemporary Liturgy I. Liturgical Theology - Dr Laurence P Hemming II. The Meaning of Pastoral Liturgy - Dr Timothy Finigan III. The Liturgy and Sacred Language - Dr Uwe Michael Lang IV. Vernacular Liturgy - tba V. Liturgical Music - tba VI. Liturgical Architecture - Thomas Gordon Smith VII. Liturgy and Ethics - Dr Susan F Parsons VIII. Liturgical Law - Dr Zoltan Rihmer IX. An Anglo-Catholic Perspective - Dr Simon Jones Index