Roman Catholic Worship

Nathan D. Mitchell, PhD, (1943-2024), was Associate Director for Research at the Center for Pastoral Liturgy, University of Notre Dame. Six times a year, he wrote "The Amen Corner" for Worship. In 1998, the North American Academy of Liturgy presented him with its Berakah Award. Other books by Mitchell that have been published by Liturgical Press include Cult and Controversy, Mission and Ministry, and Rule of Prayer, Rule of Faith. He also contributed to The Collegeville Pastoral Dictionary of Biblical Theology.

This remains an important work. Any liturgical bookshelf that is bare of the first edition should exhort its owner to secure a copy of the second. The book deserves consideration by church leaders engaged in the current liturgy debates, liturgical teachers and historians who are more often than not focused on the medieval period, and readers in general seeking insight into our immediate history and current mindset.Pacifica

• ContentsForeword  ixPreface  xiiiChapter OneThe Legacy of the Council of Trent  1Chapter TwoThe Baroque Age  25Chapter ThreeThe Enlightenment  47Chapter FourThe Romantic Era  71Chapter FiveThe Journey to the Second Vatican Council  99Chapter SixThe Legacy of the Second Vatican Council  123Chapter SevenThe Journey Beyond the Second Vatican Council  151Chapter EightThe Future of Roman Catholic Worship  169Glossary  179Select Bibliography  183Index of Persons  186Index of Subjects  190