{"product_id":"liturgy-and-the-social-sciences-paperback","title":"Liturgy and the Social Sciences - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNathan D. Mitchell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his letter to liturgists meeting in Mainz, Germany, in 1964, theologian Romano Guardini asked: Is ritual a forgotten way of doing things?\" That question challenged Catholics to reevaluate the roots and roles of ritual. In an ongoing response to that challenge, liturgists have sought to reinterpret the multiple meanings of ritual using insights from the social sciences. In \u003ci\u003eLiturgy and the Social Sciences\u003c\/i\u003e, Nathan Mitchell examines the responses of liturgists to Guardini's famous question.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the first chapter Mitchell focuses on Aidan Kavanagh, OSB, a noted U.S. liturgist that undertook the challenge of answering Guardini's question. He explains how Father Kavanagh's innovative call for a new discipline - a \"political science\" of behavior - was taken up by American liturgists in a \"classical\" or \"high church\" mode that emphasized ritual action as \u003ci\u003etraditional, authoritative, repetitive, conservative\u003c\/i\u003e, and \"\u003ci\u003ecanonical.\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second chapter examines how the \"high church consensus\" began to unravel as a result of critical work done on \"emerging ritual\" by Ronald Grimes and David Kertzer. These scholars argued that new categories were needed to understand how ritual connects with social life and explained the characteristics of \"emerging ritual\" as \u003ci\u003einnovative, untraditional, unpredictable, playful\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eshort term\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the third chapter Mitchell explores some of the proposals that a new generation of anthropologists have made for interpreting ritual. He gives attention to the research of Talal Asad, who suggests that rituals are a \"technology\" aimed at producing \"virtuous selves.\" Michel Foucalt's \"technologies of the self\" is also discussed in this chapter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough written for directors of liturgy, \u003ci\u003eLiturgy and the Social Sciences\u003c\/i\u003e will also appeal to DREs, clergy and religious, directors of adult formation, persons working with candidates in RCIA, and students and teachers of liturgy who want to look beyond \u003ci\u003ewhat\u003c\/i\u003e we do to understand \u003ci\u003ewhy\u003c\/i\u003e we do it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNathan D. Mitchell, PhD, is Associate Director for Research at the Center for Pastoral Liturgy, University of Notre Dame. Six times a year, he writes \"The Amen Corner\" for \u003ci\u003eWorship\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1998, the North American Academy of Liturgy presented him with its Berakah Award. Other books by Mitchell that have been published by The Liturgical Press include \u003ci\u003eCult and Controversy, Mission and Ministry\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRule of Prayer, Rule of Faith\u003c\/i\u003e. He also contributed to \u003ci\u003eThe Collegeville Pastoral Dictionary of Biblical Theology\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.28 x 8.2 x 5.31 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51751976501536,"sku":"9780814625118","price":19.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/452a47cd2d1ae0bb8850f37dad9c70b1.webp?v=1779984707","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/liturgy-and-the-social-sciences-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}