Month: October 2015

Canon Law in Action by Brendan Daly My rating: 3 of 5 stars View all my reviews

The Worshiping Body: The Art of Leading Worship by Kimberly Bracken Long My rating: 4 of 5 stars While many theologians and liturgists are readily able to acknowledge the Church as the Body of Christ, the implications for this for embodied worship - and embodied presiding in this particular case - are not so readily… Continue reading Review: The Worshipping Body: The Art of Leading Worship

After Emmaus: Biblical Models for the New Evangelization by Marcel Dumais My rating: 4 of 5 stars I was both disturbed and encouraged by this book, a book which focuses on five biblical models of evangelisation. I was disturbed because this book, and the models therein, challenged the normal way of thinking about the nature… Continue reading Review: After Emmaus: Biblical Models for the New Evangelisation

Ancient Christian Worship: Early Church Practices in Social, Historical, and Theological Perspective by Andrew B. McGowan My rating: 3 of 5 stars View all my reviews

Holy Conversation: Spirituality for Worship by Jonathan Linman My rating: 3 of 5 stars Although I have been a long time practitioner of the Benedictine practice of lectio divina I have never thought of adapting practice to the liturgical experience. Yet this is exactly what Jonathan Linman has done in this book. I have to… Continue reading Review: Holy Conversation: Spirituality for Worship