Fr. Michael Plekon reviews The Congregation in a Secular Age, the third installment of Andrew Root’s series titled Ministry in a Secular Age.
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Category: Recently Published Books
Review Essay: The Pastor in a Secular Age
This is an articulate and wise theological reflection, the second in a trilogy Root has planned. It is often a very moving, thoughtful contemplation of ministry in a time where God seems unnecessary for many, when only the empirical is thought truthful and when truth itself has become questionable on the public stage.
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The New Directory for Catechesis
What does the new Directory for Catechesis have to say about liturgy? How do we understand that liturgy and catechesis “belong to one another”?
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Brief Book Review: Human Rites
Dr. Melinda Quivik reviews Human Rites: The Power of Rituals, Habits, and Sacraments by Dru Johnson.
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Church in India publishes New ESV Lectionary
India’s Roman Rite Catholic Bishop’s Conference has published a new Lectionary for use in English-language Masses in India using the English Standard Version. The following details are
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Review Essay: Maternal Body
Michael Plekon reviews Carrie Frederick Frost’s latest book Maternal Body: A Theology of Incarnation from the Christian East
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Brief Book Review: Hatch Match & Dispatch
Mark R. Francis, CSV reviews Hatch Match & Dispatch: A Catholic Guide to Sacraments by Richard Leonard, SJ
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Brief Book Review: Breath of Christ
John Kyler reviews Alan Hommerding’s latest text collection: Breath of Christ
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Brief Book Review: Hymns and Hymnody
This is [the first volume of] a boldly conceived project… covering the entire history of the church’s song.
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Brief Book Review: The Truth Will Make You Free
[T]his book will be highly informative and useful for anybody who is involved in the work of evangelization in today’s U.S. parishes or dioceses.
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