{"product_id":"9780814661253","title":"Context \u0026 Text","description":"\u003cp\u003eDespite \u003ci\u003eSacrosanctum Concilium\u003c\/i\u003e and the twenty-five years' worth of scholarship that followed, much still needs to be said and discovered about the relationship between liturgy and theology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis work is situated within the present debate over \u003ci\u003eliturgical theology\u003c\/i\u003e in at least three ways: it concerns methods for the study of liturgy, it explores the meanings that the term liturgical theology can have, and it contributes to the evaluation and critique of present and possible future forms of liturgical rites. In addition, it articulates how the study of liturgy is essentially \u003ci\u003epastoral theology\u003c\/i\u003e in that liturgical rites shape the faith and life of believing participants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe historical, theological, and pastoral investigation of the liturgy required by the constitution on the Sacred Liturgy forms the background and part of the rationale for this work. It is both a proposal for and an example of an investigation of the Church's liturgical praxis from aliturgical-theological perspective. What the reader gains is principles for interpreting the various aspects of liturgy (texts, symbols, ritual gestures) in relation to each other in a theological way and for articulating some theological and spiritual implications derived from liturgy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liturgical Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49785198018800,"sku":"9780814661253","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780814661253","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}