Liturgy in a Postmodern World

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Liturgy in a Post-Modern World grapples with the future of liturgy at a time of exceptionaluncertainty in the Christian Churches.In the summer of 2002 a conference in Rome met to look at liturgical renewaland this book is the result. Cardinal Danneels set the tone of the conference and thus of the book. After evaluating the liturgical reforms of Vatican II, he tackles the problem of incomprehensibility in a world whose symbolic system has been lost. Includes ainternational scholars such as Timothy Radcliffe OP, Robert F. Taft SJ, Peter C. Phan, Francisco F. Claver SJ and is edited by Keith Pecklers SJ. An Anglican perspective is contributed by Canon Donald Gray.

'Liturgy in a Post-Modern World' will be essential reading for anyone concerned with the future of liturgy.

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Keith F. Pecklers, S.J. is Professor of Liturgy at the Pontifical Gregorian University and Professor of Liturgical History at the Pontifical Liturgical Institute of Sant'Anselmo, Rome. He is author of numerous books, articles and reviews including the award winning Worship and the edited volume Liturgy in a Postmodern World, both published by Continuum in 2003.