Turning towards the Lord: Orientation in Liturgical Prayer. By Uwe Michael Lang. Pp. 156. San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2004. isbn 0 89870 986 5. Paper n.p
Lang is a rising scholar of the Oratory who has compiled a compressed and very proficient critique of the practice of celebrating the eucharist facing the people. It has a full bibliography and a serviceable index. Lang begins by reviewing the authority for the practice of versus populum in contempo...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2005
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2005, Volume: 56, Issue: 2, Pages: 706-707 |
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| Summary: | Lang is a rising scholar of the Oratory who has compiled a compressed and very proficient critique of the practice of celebrating the eucharist facing the people. It has a full bibliography and a serviceable index. Lang begins by reviewing the authority for the practice of versus populum in contemporary Roman Catholicism, and shows from the documents of the Second Vatican Council and its implementation that the ‘westward’ celebration at a free-standing altar began as permissive, and became a recommendation; it was never mandatory, though the fashion seemed to become so in the ‘post-conciliar euphoria’. Lang devotes most of his study to refuting the two arguments for the priest facing the people. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/fli193 |