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Title: From Altar-Throne to Table Condition: New EAN: 9780810871649 ISBN: 9780810871649 Publisher: Scarecrow Press Format: Hardback Release Date: 04/16/2010 Item Height: 239mm Item Length: 164mm Item Width: 22mm Item Weight: 540g Author: Joseph Dougherty Language: English Subtitle: The Campaign for Frequent Holy Communion in the Catholic Church ISBN-10: 0810871645 Description: From Altar-Throne to Table: The Campaign for Frequent Holy Communion in the Catholic Church investigates what the celebrated scholar of liturgy Robert A. Taft, SJ, calls the greatest and most successful liturgical reform in Catholic history. Only a century ago, faithful, practicing Catholics received Holy Communion only once a year; now, among American English-speaking Catholics, Holy Communion is a routine, weekly devotional practice. This book explains how and why this ritual sea-change happened. This book emphasizes that significant ritual change may occur while liturgical texts remain the same, and it also proposes a method for understanding the causes for such a ritual change. It admonishes not to project current ritual practice into even our recent past. Further, it implies an explanation for the massive decline in Catholics' use of the sacrament of reconciliation. Country/Region of Manufacture: US Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality Book Series: ATLA Monograph Series Release Year: 2010 Missing Information?
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