Making the Most of the Lectionary
A User'S Guide
Published on 15. March 2012
176 pages
978-0-281-06588-2 (ISBN)
Description
What is the point of the Lectionary? What are the problems and opportunities that it presents to those who use it? What are its strengths and weaknesses as an aid to worship? How can it be used and communicated most effectively today? These are among the key questions that Thomas O'Loughlin explores in this stimulating and much-needed guide.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
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ISBN-13
978-0-281-06588-2 (9780281065882)
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Person
Thomas O'Loughlin is Professor of Historical Theology at the University of Nottingham. His books include Discovering Saint Patrick (DLT/Paulist 2005), Celtic Theology (Continuum 2000), Saint Patrick (SPCK 1999) and The Didache (SPCK/Hendrickson 2010). He is also the author of Explaining the Lectionary (Columba 2008) and the Liturgical Resources series for the three-year cycle (Columba 2006-08).
Content
- Intro
- Title page
- Imprint
- Dedication
- Table of contents
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part 1: Basic Questions
- 1. Why do we read the Scriptures at the Eucharist?
- 2. What is a Gospel?
- 3. A 'people of the book' or the books of a people?
- Part 2: Lectionaries
- 4. Is a lectionary a good idea?
- 5. The present Lectionary: structures and arrangement
- 6. Appreciating the Lectionary: plus and minus
- 7. The place of the Old Testament in the celebration of the New Covenant
- 8. Towards the future
- Appendix 1: The sequence of readings for Advent and Christmastide
- Appendix 2: The sequence of readings for Lent and Eastertide
- Appendix 3: The sequence of Gospels, with related first readings, in Ordinary Time
- Appendix 4: The sequence of second readings in Ordinary Time
- Appendix 5: The sequence of semi-continuous first readings in Ordinary Time in RCL (and optionally in CWL)
- Appendix 6: The Lectionaries replaced by RL and CWL
- Appendix 7: The two systems of numbering the Psalms
- Further reading
- Search items for biblical references
- Search items for names and subjects
