Brief Book Review Archives

Brief Book Review: Suffering in Worship

July 16, 2019 Other Voices Brief Book Review Recently Published Books

“van Ommen highlights the importance of (and opportunities for) explicitly naming occasions where God suffers with people…”

Brief Book Review: Easter Vigil Homilies

July 2, 2019 Other Voices Brief Book Review Recently Published Books

Easter Vigil Homilies by Jorge Mario Bergoglio (Pope Francis) Who should read this? Anyone who listens to sermons, who preaches sermons, who finds the church’s witness

Brief Book Review: The Eucharist: Mystery of Presence, Sacrifice, and Communion

June 18, 2019 Other Voices Brief Book Review Recently Published Books

This book would not really equip ordained or lay ministers with an understanding of the Eucharist.

Brief Book Review: Balaam’s Donkey

June 4, 2019 Other Voices Brief Book Review

“Casey is one of the true spiritual masters of our time. Anyone who sits and prays with these reflections will understand why – you will feel fed.”

Brief Book Review: The Rites and Wrongs of Liturgy

May 21, 2019 Other Voices Brief Book Review Recently Published Books

The Rites and Wrongs of Liturgy: Why Good Liturgy Matters by Thomas O’Loughlin Who should read this? Presiders (and presiders-in-training), liturgical ministers (and liturgical ministers-in-training),

Brief Book Review: From Fragmentation to Wholeness

May 14, 2019 Other Voices Brief Book Review Recently Published Books

In the author’s own words, “ecclesial inaction [on questions of race] has devastating consequences for the witness of the church and the integrity of the gospel it proclaims.”

Brief Book Review: Faith of Our Mothers, Living Still

May 7, 2019 Other Voices Brief Book Review Recently Published Books

“Since its beginnings, the church’s, stories, myths, theology, ecclesiology, seminaries, authority, and ministry has been defined, described legislated and controlled by men who represent less than one half humanity.”