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Compiled by Fr. William
Harmless, S.J.
With special emphasis for books in the collection of Byrne Library,
Spring Hill College
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BIBLIOGRAPHY: Christian Initiation
- Surveys & Introductions
- Baptism in the New Testament
- History of Baptism: Patristic Texts
- History of Baptism: Studies
- The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults
(RCIA)
- Confirmation
- Infant Baptism
- Contemporary Reflections: Theology,
Spirituality, Catechesis, Ministry
1. Surveys & Introductions
- Maxwell E. Johnson, The Rites of Christian Initiation:
Their Evolution and Interpretation (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press
[A Pueblo Book], 1999) paperback, $40. NEW. A superb survey. Johnson surveys
the development of the rites and theology of Christian initiation from the
New Testament to their current forms in the Roman Catholic, Episcopal, and
Lutheran Churches. He cites and analyzes key classic texts, critically
assesses contemporary rites, and calls for an ecumenical baptismal
spirituality.
- Maxwell E. Johnson, ed., Living Water, Sealing Spirit:
Readings on Christian Initiation (Collegeville: The Liturgical Press [A
Pueblo Book], 1995) paperback, $28. A very valuable collection of important
essays on Christian initiation written in the last 25 years.
- Aidan Kavanagh, The Shape of Baptism (New York:
Pueblo, 1978 / reprint: Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1992) paperback.
- Thomas Marsh, Gift of Community: Baptism and
Confirmation, Message of the Sacraments 2 (Wilmington, Del: Michael
Glazier, 1984).
- Leonel L. Mitchell, Worship: Initiation and the Churches
(Washington: Pastoral Press, 1991).
- Kenan Osborne, The Sacraments of Initiation: Baptism,
Confirmation, Eucharist (New York: Paulist Press, 1987) paperback, $15.
- Mark Searle, Christening: The Making of Christians
(Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1980).
- Mark Searle, ed., Alternative Futures for Worship,
vol. 2: Baptism and Confirmation (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press,
1987) paperback, $10.
- Alexander Schmemann, Of Water and Spirit: A Liturgical
Study of Baptism (Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1974).
2. Baptism in the New Testament
- G. R. Beasley-Murray, Baptism in the New Testament
(Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1973) paperback, $18. The classic study.
- Raymond Brown, "We Confess One Baptism for the
Remission of Sins," Worship 40 (1966) 260-271.
- Bruce Chilton, Jesus’ Baptism and Jesus’ Healing:
His Personal Practice of Spirituality (Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press
International, 1998) paperback, $12. NEW.
- Adela Yarbro Collins, "The Origin of Christian
Baptism," Studia Liturgica 19 (1989) 28-46; reprinted in Maxwell
Johnson, Living Water, Sealing Spirit, 35-57.
- Martin Connell, "Nisi Pedes, Except for the
Feet," Worship 70 (1996) 517-530. An important recent study of
the role of foot-washing in early Christian initiation.
- Oscar Cullmann, Baptism in the New Testament, trans.
J.K.S. Reid (London: SCM Press, 1950). Quite dated, but a classic study by
one of the leading exegetes of the century.
- James D.G. Dunn, Baptism in the Holy Spirit: A
Re-Examination of the New Testament Teaching on the Gift of the Holy Spirit
in Relation to Pentecost (Westminster Press, 1996) paperback, $21.
- Gordon Lathrop, "Baptism in the New Testament and Its
Cultural Setting," pp. 17-38, in Worship and Culture in Dialogue,
ed. S. Anita Stauffer (Geneva: Department for Theology and Studies, Lutheran
World Federation, 1994).
- Kilian McDonnell & George T. Montague, Christian
Initiation and Baptism in the Holy Spirit: Evidence from the First Eight
Centuries (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press [A Michael Glazier
Book], 1991) paperback, $15. The 1st half is devoted to the New
Testament sources.
3. History of Baptism:
Patristic Texts
- Thomas Finn, Early Christian Baptism and the
Catechumenate, Message of the Fathers, vol. 5: West and East Syria
and vol. 6: Italy, North Africa, Egypt (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical
Press, 1992) paperback, $18. A comprehensive anthology on the ancient
catechumenate. A gold-mine of material, some from hard-to-find hardbacks,
some newly translated. Included are the mystagogical catecheses of Cyril of
Jerusalem, John Chrysostom, Theodore of Mopsuestia, Ambrose, Augustine; the
eyewitness descriptions of Egeria; excerpts from church orders—the Didache,
Didiscalia, and the Ordo of Constantinople; baptismal lyrics
from the greatest of the ancient Christian poets, Ephrem the Syrian.
- R.J.S. Barrett-Lennard, ed., The Sacramentary of
Sarapion of Thmuis: A Text for Students, Alcuin / GROW Liturgical Study
25 (Bramcote: Grove Books, 1993).
- F.L. Cross, ed., St. Cyril of Jerusalem’s Lectures on
the Christian Sacraments (reprint of 1951 edition: Crestwood, NY: St.
Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1986) paperback. Includes the Greek text.
- Geoffrey J. Cuming, ed., Hippolytus: A Text for Students,
Grove Liturgical Study 8 (Bramcote: Grove Books, 1976).
- George E. Gingras, ed. Egeria: Diary of A Pilgrimage,
Ancient Christian Writers 38 (New York: Newman Press, 1970).
- W. Jardine Grisbrooke, ed., The Liturgical Portions of
the Apostolic Constitutions: A Text for Students, Alcuin / GROW
Liturgical Study 13-14, Grove Liturgical Study #61 (Bramcote: Grove Books,
1990).
- Gordon P. Jeanes, The Day Has Come! Easter and Baptism
in Zeno of Verona (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1993).
- David N. Power, Irenaeus of Lyons on Baptism and
Eucharist: Selected Texts, Alcuin / GROW Liturgical Study 18, Grove
Liturgical Study #65 (Bramcote: Grove Books, 1991).
- Grant Sperry-White, The Testamentum Domini: A Text for
Students, Alcuin / GROW Liturgical Study 19, Grove Liturgical Study #66
(Bramcote: Grove Books, 1991).
- E.C. Whitaker, Documents of the Baptismal Liturgy,
revised ed. (London: SPCK, 1970) paperback, $30.
- Edward Yarnold, The Awe-Inspiring Rites of Initiation:
the Origins of the RCIA, 2nd edition (Collegeville, MN: The
Liturgical Press, 1994) paperback, $15.
4. History of Baptism:
Studies
- Thomas M. Finn, From Death to Rebirth: Ritual and
Conversion in Antiquity (New York: Paulist Press, 1997). paperback, $20.
Finn’s interest here is broader than simply conversion to Christianity;
Finn gives nearly equal time to conversion to and within paganism and
Judaism. Only halfway through the book does he begin to look at
Christianity. This can be read as an update and revision of A.D. Nock’s
classic study, Conversion: The Old and the New in Religion from Alexander
the Great to Augustine of Hippo (1933); But Finn’s accent is on the
way ritual shapes conversion. He skillfully moves back and forth from ritual
documents (Didache, Apostolic Tradition, Didascalia) to
autobiographical stories of converts (Justin Martyr, Gregory Thaumaturgos,
Augustine) to the fictional—though still instructive—portraits found in
pseudonymous works (Clementine Recognitions, Acts of Judas Thomas).
In so doing, he allows the fragmentary nature of the historical record to be
what it is, without homogenizing it or harmonizing it.
- William Harmless, Augustine and the Catechumenate
(Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press [A Pueblo Book], 1995) paperback,
$35. Augustine was not just a theologian. He was also a struggling
5th-century North African pastor who had a flair for teaching and who
meditated a great deal on the complexities of the human heart. This study
examines a little known side of him: his work as a teacher of candidates for
baptism and reconstructs the experience of worshipping in the church of St.
Augustine.
- Paul F. Bradshaw, ed., Essays in Early Eastern
Initiation, Alcuin / GROW Liturgical Study 8, Grove Liturgical Study #56
(Bramcote: Grove Books, 1988).
- Paul F. Bradshaw, "Christian Initiation: A Study in
Diversity," pp. 161-184, in The Search for the Origins of Christian
Worship: Sources and Methods for the Study of the Early Liturgy (New
York: Oxford University Press, 1992) paperback, $11.
- Sebastian P. Brock, "Some Early Syriac Baptismal
Commentaries," Orientalia Christiana Periodica 46 (1980).
- Sebastian P. Brock, "Studies in the Early History of
the Syrian Orthodox Baptismal Liturgy," Journal of Theological
Studies 23 (1972) 16-64.
- Raymond Burnish, "The Role of the Godfather in the
East in the Fourth Century," Studia Patristica 17 (1982)
558-564.
- J. Patout Burns, "On Rebaptism: Social Organization in
the Third Century," Journal of Early Christian Studies 1.4
(1993) 367-403.
- Joseph Chalassery, The Holy Spirit and Christian
Initiation in the East Syrian Tradition (Rome: Mar Thoma Yogam, 1995).
- Peter Cramer, Baptism and Change in the Early Middle
Ages, c.200-c.1150, Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought, vol.
20 (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993) hardcover, $75.
- Owen F. Cummings, "Cyril of Jerusalem as a Postliberal
Theologian," Worship 67 (1993) 155-163.
- Juliette Day, Baptism in Early Byzantine Palestine,
325-451, Joint Liturgical Studies 43 (Cambridge: Grove Books, 1999)
paperback. NEW.
- Alexis Doval, "The Location and Structure of the
Baptistery in the Mystagogic Catecheses of Cyril of Jerusalem," Studia
Patristica 25 (1993) 1-13.
- Michel Dujarier, A History of the Catechumenate (New
York: Sadlier, 1979). Often cited, but very uneven in quality. Use with
great care.
- Everett Ferguson, ed., Conversion, Catechumenate, and
Baptism in the Early Church, Studies in Early Christianity, vol. 11 (New
York: Garland Publishing, 1993).
- Thomas M. Finn, The Liturgy of Baptism in the Baptismal
Instructions of St. John Chrysostom, Studies in Christian Antiquity 15
(Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 1967).
- Thomas M. Finn, "Baptismal Death and Resurrection: A
Study in Fourth-Century Eastern Baptismal Theology," Worship 43
(1969) 175-189.
- Thomas M. Finn, "It Happened One Saturday Night:
Ritual and Conversion in Augustine’s North Africa," Journal of the
American Academy of Religion 58 (1990): 589-616.
- D.L. Holland, "The Baptismal Interrogation Concerning
the Holy Spirit in Hippolytus," Studia Patristica 10:360-365.
- Clayton N. Jefford, ed., The Didache in Context: Essays
on Its Text, History, and Transmission Supplement to the Novum
Testamentum (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1995) hardcover, $150.
- Maxwell E. Johnson, The Prayers of Sarapion of Thmuis: A
Literary, Liturgical, and Theological Analysis, Orientalia Christiana
Analecta 249 (Rome: 1993).
- Maxwell E. Johnson, Liturgy in Early Christian Egypt,
Alcuin / GROW Liturgical Study 33 (Cambridge: Grove Books, 1995).
- Maxwell E. Johnson, "From Three Weeks to Forty Days:
Baptismal Preparation and the Origins of Lent," Studia Liturgica
20 (1990) 185-200, reprinted in Living Water, Sealing Spirit,
118-136.
- Maxwell E. Johnson, "The Postchrismational Structure
of the Apostolic Tradition 21: The Witness of Ambrose of Milan, and a
Tentative Hypothesis Regarding the Current Reform of Confirmation in the
Roman Rite," Worship 70 (1996) 16-35.
- Maxwell E. Johnson, "The Baptismal Rite and Anaphora
in the Prayers of Sarapion of Thmuis: An Assessment of a Recent ‘Judicious
Reassessment’," Worship 73 (1999) 140-168.
- Gordon W. Lathrop, "The Origins and Early Meanings of
Christian Baptism: A Proposal," Worship 68 (1994) 504-522.
- Alastair H.B. Logan, "Post-baptismal Chrismation in
Syria: the Evidence of Ignatius, the Didache, and the Apostolic
Constitutions," Journal of Theological Studies (forthcoming).
- Enrico Mazza, Mystagogy: A Theology of Liturgy in the
Patristic Age (New York: Pueblo, 1989 / Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical
Press).
- Leonel L. Mitchell, "Ambrosian Baptismal Rites," Studia
Liturgica (1962): 241-253; reprinted in Worship: Initiation and the
Churches (Washington: Pastoral Press, 1991) 75-89.
- Kilian McDonnell, The Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan:
The Trinitarian and Cosmic Order of Salvation (Collegeville: Liturgical
Press [A Michael Glazier Book], 1996) paperback, $25.
- Kilian McDonnell & George T. Montague, Christian
Initiation and Baptism in the Holy Spirit: Evidence from the First Eight
Centuries (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press [A Michael Glazier
Book], 1991) paperback, $15.
- Hughes Oliphant Old, The Shaping of the Reformed
Baptismal Rite in the Sixteenth Century (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans,
1992).
- Hugh Riley, Christian Initiation: A Study of the
Interpretation of the Baptismal Liturgy in the Mystagogical Writings of
Cyril of Jerusalem, John Chrysostom, Theodore of Mopsuestia, and Ambrose of
Milan, Studies in Christian Antiquity 17 (Washington: Catholic
University of America Press, 1974).
- Bryan D. Spinks, "Sarapion of Thmuis and Baptismal
Practice in Early Christian Egypt: The Need for a Judicious
Reassessment," Worship 72 (1998) 255-270.
- Anita Stauffer, On Baptismal Fonts, Ancient and Modern,
Alcuin / GROW Liturgical Study 29-30 (Bramcote: Grove Books Limited, 1994).
- John Wilkinson, Egeria’s Travels, rev. ed.
(reprint: Warminster, England: Aris and Philips, 1999) paperback, $18.
- Gabriele Winkler, Das armenische Initiationsrituale:
Entwicklungsgeschichtliche und liturgievergleichende Untersuchung der
Quellen des 3. Bis 10. Jahrunderts, Orientalia Christiana Analecta 227
(Rome: Pont. Institutum Studiorum Orientalium, 1982).
- Gabriele Winkler, "The Original Meaning of the
Prebaptismal Anointing and Its Implications," Worship 52 (1978)
24-45; reprinted in Maxwell Johnson, Living Water, Sealing Spirit,
58-81.
- E.C. Whitaker, "The History of the Baptismal
Formula," Journal of Ecclesiastical History 16 (1965) 1-12.
- Edward J. Yarnold, "The Ceremonies of Initiation in
the De Sacramentis and De Mysteriis of St. Ambrose." Studia
Patristica 10 (1970) 453-463.
- Edward J. Yarnold, "Baptism and Pagan Mysteries in the
Fourth Century," Heythrop Journal 13 (1972) 247-267.
- Edward J. Yarnold, "Did St. Ambrose know the
Mystagogic Catecheses of St. Cyril of Jerusalem?" Studia Patristica
12 (1975) 184-189.
5. The Rite of Christian Initiation of
Adults (RCIA)
- International Commission on English in the Liturgy, The
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults. Study Edition (Washington, DC:
National Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1988) paperback, $12. This gives
the full text of the RCIA as it applies the United States.
- Aidan Kavanagh, The Shape of Baptism, Studies in the
Reformed Rites of the Catholic Church 1 (New York: Pueblo, 1978; reprint:
Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1992) paperback, $17. The classic study of
the RCIA, tracing both its ancient roots and its modern revival. One
drawback: Kavanagh focuses almost entirely on 3rd-century sources
(Hippolytus and Tertullian) and largely ignores equally important 4th-century
perspectives (Cyril, Ambrose, John Chrysostom, Augustine). But there is no
quibbling with the depth of his reflections on the RCIA today.
- Michel Dujarier, The Rites of Christian Initiation:
Historical and Pastoral Reflections (Sadlier, 1979).
- Robert Duggan, "Conversion in the Ordo Initiationis
Christianae Adultorum," Ephemerides Liturgicae 96 (1982):
57-83, 209-252; and 97 (1983) 141-223.
- James Dunning, "The Rite of Christian Initiation of
Adults: Models of Adult Growth," Worship 53 (1979) 142-156.
- Donald L. Gelpi, The Conversion Experience: A Reflective
Process for RCIA Participants and Others (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical
Press, 1998) paperback, $15. NEW.
- Aidan Kavanagh, "Christian Initiation in Post-Conciliar
Catholicism: A Brief Report," Studia Liturgica 12 (1977)
107-115, reprinted in Maxwell Johnson, Living Water, Sealing Spirit,
1-10.
- Aidan Kavanagh, "The Norm of Baptism: The New rite of
Christian Initiation of Adults," Worship 48 (1974) 143-152.
- Aidan Kavanagh, "Critical Issues in the Growth of the
RCIA in North America." Catechumenate: A Journal of Christian
Initiation 10 (Mar 1988): 10-21.
- Aidan Kavanagh, "Unfinished and Unbegun Revisited: the
Rite of Christian of Adults." Worship 53 (July 1979): 327-340.
- Raymond Kemp, "The Rite of Christian Initiation of
Adults at Ten Years." Worship 56 (July 1982): 309-326.
- Ron Lewinski, "Recovering Christian Mystagogy for
Contemporary Churches," in Before and After Baptism, ed. James
A. Wilde (Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1988).
- Mary K. Milne, Sunday Dismissals for the RCIA
(Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1993).
- Thomas H. Morris, The RCIA: Transforming the Church. A
Resource for Pastoral Implementation (New York: Paulist Press, 1997)
paperback, $15.
- Thomas H. Morris, "Christian Initiation: Evaluating
Current Practice," Church 8, no. 1 (Spring 1992) 8-13.
- Veronica Rosier, "The Baptismal Catechumenate in the General
Directory for Catechesis (1997)," Worship 73 (1999) 98-124.
- Mark Searle, "Issues in Christian Initiation: Uses and
Abuses of the RCIA," Living Light 22 (March 1986): 199-214.
- Victoria M. Turfano, ed., Celebrating the Rites of Adult
Initiation: Pastoral Reflections, Font and Table Series (Chicago:
Liturgy Training Publications, 1992) paperback, $8.
- Julia Upton, Becoming a Catholic Christian: A Pilgrim’s
Guide to the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (Washington, DC:
Pastoral Press, 1995) paperback, $10.
- Catherine Vincie, "Gender Analysis and Christian
Initiation," Worship 69 (1995) 505-530.
- Made Not Born: New Perspectives on Christian Initiation and
the Catechumenate
, ed. by the Murphy Center for
Liturgical Research (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1976). A good
collection of essays.
6. Confirmation
- Aidan Kavanagh, Confirmation: Origins and Reform
(New York: Pueblo, 1988 / reprint: Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1992)
paperback, $12. A brilliant and provocative challenge to the understanding
of the roots of confirmation. This volume also includes valuable reflections
on contemporary practice. Note the essays listed below which assess and
critique Kavanagh’s arguments.
- Gerard Austin, Anointing with the Spirit: The Rite of
Confirmation (New York: Pueblo, 1985 / reprint: Liturgical Press, 1986)
paperback, $13.
- Aidan Kavanagh, "Confirmation: A Suggestion from
Structure," Worship 58 (1984) 386-395; reprinted in Maxwell
Johnson, Living Water, Saving Spirit, 148-158.
- Aidan Kavanagh, "Response," Worship 65
(1991) 337-338; reprinted in Maxwell Johnson, Living Water, Saving Spirit,
256-258.
- Frank C. Quinn, "Confirmation Reconsidered: Rite and
Meaning," Worship 59 (1985) 354-370; reprinted in Maxwell
Johnson, Living Water, Saving Spirit, 219-237.
- Paul Turner, Confirmation: The Baby in Solomon’s Court
(New York: Paulist Press, 1993).
- Paul Turner, Sources of Confirmation from the Fathers
through the Reformation (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1993).
- Paul Turner, "The Origins of Confirmation: An Analysis
of Aidan Kavanagh’s Hypothesis," Worship 65 (1991) 320-336;
reprinted in Maxwell Johnson, Living Water, Saving Spirit, 238-256.
- Paul Turner, "Forum: Confusion Over
Confirmation," Worship 71 (1997) 537-545.
- Gabriele Winkler, "Confirmation or Chrismation? A
Study in Comparative Liturgy," Worship 58 (1984) 2-17; reprinted
in Maxwell Johnson, Living Water, Saving Spirit, 202-218.
7. Infant Baptism
- Kurt Aland, Did the Early Church Baptize Infants?,
trans. G.R. Beasley-Murray (London: SCM Press, 1963). The con-side of a
pitched debate with Joachim Jeremias.
- Paul F.X. Covino, ed., Catechesis and Mystagogy: Infant
Baptism (Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1996) paperback, $12.
- Paul F.X. Covino, "The Postconciliar Infant Baptism
Debate in the American Catholic Church," Worship 56 (1982)
240-260; reprinted in Maxwell Johnson, ed., Living Water, Sealing Spirit,
327-349.
- Paul DeClerck, "Infant Baptism: Between the Family and
the Church," Lumen Vitae 42 (1988) 291-300.
- Richard Guerette, "Ecclesiology and Infant
Baptism," Worship 46 (1972).
- John B. Hesch, "Orthopraxis in the Sacramental
Initiation of Unbaptized Children of Catechetical Age: A Canonical
Perspective," Worship 67 (1993) 214-225.
- Joachim Jeremias, Infant Baptism in the First Four
Centuries, trans. David Cairns (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1960).
The pro-side of a pitched debate with Kurt Aland (see above).
- Joachim Jeremias, The Origins of Infant Baptism: A
Further Study in Reply to Kurt Aland (Naperville, IL: A.R. Allenson,
1963).
- Diane Karay, "Let the Children Lead the Way: A Case of
Baptizing Children," Worship 61 (1987) 336-348.
- Nathan Mitchell, "The Once and Future Child: Towards a
Theology of Childhood," Living Light 12 (1972) 423-437.
- Richard Redmond, "Infant Baptism: History and Pastoral
Problems," Theological Studies 30 (1969) 79-89.
- Mark Searle, "The RCIA and Infant Baptism," Worship
56 (1982) 327-332.
- Mark Searle, "Infant Baptism Reconsidered," Alternative
Futures for Worship, Vol. 2: Baptism and Confirmation
(Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1987) 15-54; reprinted in Maxwell Johnson, Living
Water, Sealing Spirit, 365-409.
- Kurt Stasiak, Return to Grace: A Theology for Infant
Baptism (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1996) paperback, $30.
- Victoria M. Turfano, ed., Readings in the Christian
Initiation of Children (Chicago: Liturgy Training Publication, 1994)
paperback, $10.
8. Contemporary Reflections:
Theology, Spirituality, Catechesis, Ministry
- William Seth Adams, "De-coding the Obvious:
Reflections on Baptismal Ministry in the Episcopal Church," Worship
66 (1992) 327-339.
- E. Byron Anderson, "Performance, Practice and Meaning
in Christian Baptism," Worship 69 (1995) 482-505.
- Catherine Dooley, "Liturgical Catechesis: Mystagogy,
Marriage or Misnomer?" Worship 66 (1992) 386-397.
- Donald Gelpi, Committed Worship: A Sacramental Theology
for Converting Christians, 2 vol. (Collegeville: The Liturgical Press,
1993).
- Maxwell E. Johnson, "Back Home to the Font: Eight
Implications of a Baptismal Spirituality," Worship 71 (1997)
482-504.
- Maxwell E. Johnson, "The Shape of Christian Initiation
in the Lutheran Churches: Liturgical Texts and Future Directions," Studia
Liturgica 27.1 (1997) 33-60.
- Aidan Kavanagh, "Theological Principles for
Sacramental Catechesis," Living Light 23 (1987) 316-324.
- Philippe Larere, Baptism in Water and Baptism in Spirit:
A Biblical, Liturgical and Theological Exposition, trans. Patrick
Madigan (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1998) paperback, $8. NEW.
- Ruth A. Meyers, Continuing the Reformation: Re-visioning
Baptism in the Episcopal Church (New York: Church Publishing, 1997)
hardcover, $30.
- Michael Root & Risto Saarinen, eds., Baptism and the
Unity of the Church (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1998) paperback,
$20. NEW.
- Kenneth Stevenson, The Mystery of Baptism in the
Anglican Tradition (Morehouse Publishing Co., 1998) paperback, $16. NEW.
- Max Thurian and Geoffrey Wainwright, eds., Baptism and
Eucharist: Ecumenical Convergence in Celebration, Faith and Order Paper
#117 (Geneva: World Council of Churches, 1983)
- David M. Thompson, Adult Initiation: Papers Delivered at
the Conference of the Society for Liturgical Study, 1988, Alcuin / GROW
Liturgical Study 10, Grove Liturgical Study 58 (Bramcote, 1989).