Liturgy's Imagined Past/s
Methodologies and Materials in the Writing of Liturgical History Today
Liturgy's Imagined Past/s
Methodologies and Materials in the Writing of Liturgical History Today
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Paperback / softback
£22.99
Publisher: Liturgical Press
ISBN: 9780814662687
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 03/05/2016
Width: 15.2 cm
Height: 22.9 cm
This book calls attention to the importance of scholarly reflection on the writing of liturgical history. The essays not only probe the impact of important shifts in historiography but also present new scholarship that promises to reconfigure some of the established images of liturgy’s past. Based on papers presented at the 2014 Yale Institute of Sacred Music Liturgy Conference, Liturgy’s Imagined Past/s seeks to invigorate discussion of methodologies and materials in contemporary writings on liturgy’s pasts and to resource such writing at a point in time when formidable questions are being posed about the way in which historians construct the object of their inquiry.
Contents
List of Illustrations vii
Foreword ix
Martin D. Jean
Acknowledgments xi
Part 1: Foundational Matters
1. Imagining the Past: Historical Methodologies and Liturgical Study 3
Bryan D. Spinks
2. Liturgy’s Present: How Historians Are Animating a “New” History of Liturgy 19
Miri Rubin
Part 2: New Perspectives on Liturgy’s Past/s
3. New Reflections on the Image of Late Antique and Medieval Ethiopian Liturgy 39
Emmanuel Fritsch
4. Imagining Early Christian Liturgy: The Traditio Apostolica—A Case Study 93
Maxwell E. Johnson
5. Liturgical Historiography and Gender Obliviousness: Re-Dressing an Imagined Past 121
Teresa Berger
Part 3: Liturgy’s Past/s: Broadening the View
6. Gregorian Chant’s Imagined Past, with Yet Another Look at the Roman Lenten Repertoire 143
Harald Buchinger
7. “It Is the Lord’s Passover”: History, Theology, and Memory in the Liturgy of the Lord’s Supper in Reformation Zurich 176
Bruce Gordon
8. On the Wrong Side of History? Reimagining William Whittingham, Dean of Durham, 1563–1579 205
Bryan D. Spinks
9. Liturgy’s Past on the American Frontier 230
Melanie C. Ross
10. Hymnals as Theological Texts: The Case of Civil War Publications 251
Karen B. Westerfield Tucker
Part 4: The Presence and Future of Liturgy’s Past/s
11. The Changing Shape of Liturgy: From Earliest Christianity to the End of Late Antiquity 275
Wendy Mayer
List of Contributors 303
Index 306
"With both theoretical reflections and examples of new approaches, this volume is a key addition to considering the range of methodologies needed for the writing of liturgical history."Lester Ruth, Duke Divinity School "People throughout the ages have re-created the past in their worship and rituals. This rich and beautifully organized collection by major scholars in the field demonstrates how and why this is so in a multiplicity of ways, across times and cultures, and often with interdisciplinary evidence that points to new methods of working. It will be a classic in the field of liturgical studies and will be gratefully received by scholars in a wide range of disciplines."Margot E. Fassler, Keough-Hesburgh Professor of Music History and Liturgy, University of Notre Dame "These papers make the point that there is not simply the past but rather the possibility of many pasts and that these have implications for contemporary worship. Few people are likely to find these essays of equal interest, but the quality of their scholarship is excellent."James Dallen, Catholic Books Review "This book occupies an essential place in the field of liturgical theology by revising and updating the historical liturgical methodologies. One of the indispensable readings for scholars and researchers in the field of history and liturgy today."Studies in Liturgy "This splendid volume ought to be required reading for any serious student of liturgical history. Its authors open new and challenging doors of inquiry that allow us to contemplate the rich diversity of our liturgical past. In so doing they also help us gain valuable perspectives for contemporary liturgical practice."Worship "The editors have allowed idiosyncrasies between the contributions to exist as they are. They do not force a unified agenda; rather, their volume fosters reflection and conversation precisely because multiple perspectives are given their due space. Only through such dialogue can one obtain a more accurate reading of currents within the field."Ecclesia Orans
