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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 For those interested in liturgical history, this collection offers a rich overview of contemporary methodologies, with several fascinating case studies. Anglican Theological 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 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 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 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

For those interested in liturgical history, this collection offers a rich overview of contemporary methodologies, with several fascinating case studies. Anglican Theological 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 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 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

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 For those interested in liturgical history, this collection offers a rich overview of contemporary methodologies, with several fascinating case studies. Anglican Theological 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

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Teresa Berger is professor of liturgical studies at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music and at Yale Divinity School where she also holds an appointment as the Thomas E. Golden Jr. Professor of Catholic Theology. She is the author, most recently, of @ Worship: Liturgical Practices in Digital Worlds (Routledge, 2018) and editor or co-editor of three previous volumes from the Yale ISM Liturgy Conferences from Liturgical Press. Bryan D. Spinks is the Bishop F. Percy Goddard Professor of Liturgical Studies and Pastoral Theology at Yale Institute of Sacred Music, Yale Divinity School, and Berkeley Divinity School at Yale. A priest in the Church of England, his most recent book is Do This in Remembrance of Me: The Eucharist from the Early Church to the Present Day. He is editor and co-editor of two previous volumes from the Yale ISM Liturgy Conferences.

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