1. History of Christian Worship: Surveys & Introductions
2. Principles of Liturgy: Surveys & Introductions
3. Liturgical Theology: Essays
4. Sacramental Theology: Studies
5. Liturgical Music, Art & Architecture
6. The Liturgical Year
7. The Liturgical Movement: 19^th & 20^th Centuries

1.  History of Christian Worship: Surveys & Introductions

• Cheslyn Jones, Geoffrey Wainwright, Edward Yarnold, Paul Bradshaw, eds. The Study of Liturgy, rev. ed. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1992) paperback, $20. Brief articles covering all aspects of Christian worship: initiation, eucharist, ordination, the liturgy of the hours, the liturgical year, liturgical books, architecture, and music. The accent is on historical developments.
• Joseph Martos, Doors to the Sacred: A Historical Introduction to Sacraments in the Catholic Church, rev. ed. (Tarrytown, NY: Triumph Books, 1991) paperback, $15. A marvel of clarity and simplicity, this surveys the history and theology of each of the sacraments. Use it for an overview.
• Paul F. Bradshaw, The Search for the Origins of Christian Worship: Sources and Methods for the Study of Early Liturgy (New York: Oxford University Press, 1992) paperback $20. The subtitle gives the accent.
• John Harper, The Forms and Orders of Western Liturgy from the Tenth to the Eighteenth Century: A Historical Introduction for Students and Musicians (New York: Oxford University Press, 1991) paperback, $22.
• Theodor Klauser, A Short History of the Western Liturgy, 2^nd ed., trans. John Halliburton (New York: Oxford University Press, 1979) paperback, $22.
• Bernhard Lang, Sacred Games: A History of Christian Worship (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997) hardcover, $40.
• Enrico Mazza, The Celebration of the Eucharist: The Origin of the Rite and the Development of Its Interpretation (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1999) paperback, $40. NEW.
• Marcel Metzger, History of the Liturgy: The Major Stages (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1997) paperback, $17.
• Eric Palazzo, A History of Liturgical Books from the Beginning to the Thirteenth Century (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press [A Pueblo Book], 1998) paperback, $33.
• Frank Senn, Christian Liturgy: Catholic and Evangelical (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1997) hardcover, $55. A massive survey of the history of Christian worship.
• Herman Wegman, Christian Worship in East and West: A Study Guide to Liturgical History (New York: Pueblo / Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1985).
• James F. White, Roman Catholic Worship: Trent to Today (New York: Paulist Press, 1995) paperback, $12.
• James F. White, A Brief History of Christian Worship (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1993) paperback, $17.
• James F. White, Protestant Worship: Traditions in Transition (Louisville: Westminster / John Knox, 1993) paperback, $27.
• James F. White, An Introduction to Christian Worship, rev. ed. (Nashville: Abingdon, 1990) paperback, $19.
• James F. White, Documents of Christian Worship: Descriptive and Interpretative Sources (Louisville: Westminster / John Knox, 1992) paperback, $28.

2.  Principles of Liturgy: Surveys & Introductions

• Peter Fink, ed., A New Dictionary of Sacramental Theology (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1990) hardcover, $70. The best one-volume reference work on liturgy and sacraments.
• Adolf Adam, Foundations of Liturgy, trans. Matthew O’Connell (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1992).
• Anscar J. Chupungco, ed., Handbook for Liturgical Studies, 3 vol. to date (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1997-2000) hardcover, $40 per volume.
  • Volume I: Introduction to the Liturgy (1997)
  • Volume II: Fundamental Liturgy (1997)
  • Volume III: The Eucharist (1999). NEW.
  • Volume IV: Sacraments and Sacramentals (2000)—forthcoming.
• Anscar J. Chupungco, Liturgical Inculturation: Sacramentals, Religiosity, and Catechesis (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press [A Pueblo Book], 1992) paperback, $15.
• Anscar J. Chupungco, Liturgies of the Future: The Process and Methods of Inculturation (New York: Paulist Press, 1989) paperback, $10.
• Anscar J. Chupungco, Worship: Progress and Tradition (Washington, DC: Pastoral Press, 1994) paperback, $15. Note: Original title: Worship: Beyond Inculturation.
• Peter Fink, Worship: Praying the Sacraments (Washington, DC: Pastoral Press, 1991).
• John M. Huels, Disputed Questions in the Liturgy (Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1988) paperback, $8.
• John M. Huels, More Disputed Questions in the Liturgy (Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1996) paperback, $10.
• Kevin W. Irwin, Context and Text: Method in Liturgical Theology (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1994) paperback, $25.
• Kevin W. Irwin, Liturgical Theology: A Primer, American Essays in Liturgy (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1990) paperback, $7.
• Aidan Kavanagh, On Liturgical Theology (New York: Pueblo / Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1992) paperback, $15.
• Aidan Kavanagh, Elements of Rite: A Handbook of Liturgical Style (New York: Pueblo, 1982).
• Gordon W. Lathrop, Holy Things: A Liturgical Theology (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1993) paperback, $20.
• Gordon W. Lathrop, Holy People: A Liturgical Ecclesiology (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1999) hardcover, $29. NEW.
• Lawrence E. Mick, Worshipping Well (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1997).
• David Powers, Unsearchable Riches: The Symbolic Nature of the Liturgy (New York: Pueblo, 1984).
• Don E. Saliers, Worship as Theology: Foretaste of Divine Glory (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1994) paperback, $18.
• Don E. Saliers, Worship Come to Its Senses (Nashville: Abingdon, 1996) paperback, $16.
• Alexander Schmemann, Introduction to Liturgical Theology, trans. Asheleigh E. Moorhouse, 3^rd ed. (reprint: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1997) paperback, $13.
• Geoffrey Wainwright, Doxology: The Praise of God in Worship, Doctrine, and Life: A Systematic Theology (New York: Oxford University Press, 1980).

3.  Liturgical Theology: Essays

• Neil Alexander, ed., Time and Community: In Honor of Thomas J. Talley (Washington, DC: Pastoral Press, 1990).
• E. Byron Anderson & Bruce T. Morrill, eds., Liturgy and the Moral Self: Humanity at Full Stretch: Essays in Honor of Don E. Saliers (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press [A Pueblo Book], 1998) paperback, $28. NEW.
• Paul Bradshaw & Bryan Spinks, eds., Liturgy in Dialogue: Essays in Memory of Ronald Jasper (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1995).
• E. Carr, ed., Eulogema: Studies in Honor of Robert Taft, SJ, Studia Anselmiana 110 (Rome: Pontificio Ateneo S. Anselmo, 1993)
• David Efroymson & John Raines, eds., Open Catholicism: The Tradition at Its Best. Essays in Honor of Gerard S. Sloyan (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1997) paperback, $20.
• David W. Fagerberg, What Is Liturgical Theology? A Study in Methodology (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press [A Pueblo Book], 1992).
• Mark R. Francis, Keith F. Pecklars, eds. Liturgy for the New Millennium: A Commentary on the Revised Sacramentary: Essays in Honor of Anscar J. Chupungco (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 2000) paperback, $20. NEW.
• G. Karukaparampil, ed., Tuviak: Studies in Honor of Rev. Dr. Jacob Vellian (Kerela: Madnaha Theological Institute, 1995).
• Nathan D. Mitchell, Liturgy and the Social Sciences, American Essays in Liturgy (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1999) paperback. NEW.
• Nathan Mitchell & John Baldovin, ed., Rule of Prayer, Rule of Faith: Essays in Honor of Aidan Kavanagh (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1996) paperback, $35.
• Kathleen Norris, The Cloister Walk (New York: Riverhead Books, 1997) paperback. A best-selling set of meditations by a Protestant novelist.
• Joanne M. Pierce & Michael Downey, eds., Source and Summit: Commemorating Josef A. Jungmann, S.J. (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1999). NEW.
• Frank C. Senn, New Creation: Elements of a Liturgical Worldview (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2000) paperback, $16. Forthcoming in April, 2000.
• Robert F. Taft, Beyond East and West: Problems in Liturgical Understanding, 2^nd revised and enlarged ed. (Rome: Pontifical Oriental Institute, 1997).
• Thomas Talley, Worship: Reforming Tradition (Washington, DC: Pastoral Press, 1990).
• Geoffrey Wainwright, Worship with One Accord: Where Liturgy and Ecumenism Embrace (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997) hardcover, $35.
• Rembert G. Weakland, Themes of Renewal (Beltsville, MD: Pastoral Press, 1995).
• Fritz West, The Comparative Liturgy of Anton Baumstark, Alcuin / GROW Liturgical Study 31 (Bramcote: Grove Books, 1995).

4.  Sacramental Theology: Studies

• Herbert Vorgrimler, Sacramental Theology, trans. Linda M. Maloney (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1992) paperback, $25. Before Vatican II, sacramenta in genere was a fundamental area of theological reflection; since the Council, it has been somewhat overshadowed by so-called liturgical theology. However, this volume, by one of Karl Rahner’s colleagues, offers a fine overview of key issues & doctrines.
• Regis A. Duffy, "Sacraments in General," pp. 183-210, in Systematic Theology: Roman Catholic Perspectives, ed. Francis Schüssler Fiorenza & John P Galvin (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1991).
• Peter Fink, "Sacramental Theology after Vatican II," pp. 1107-1114, in A New Dictionary of Sacramental Theology (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1990).
• Edward Kilmartin, Christian Liturgy: Theology and Practice (Kansas City: Sheed & Ward, 1988).
• Alexandre Ganoczy, An Introduction to Catholic Sacramental Theology (New York: Paulist Press, 1984).
• Kenan B. Osborne, Sacramental Theology: A General Introduction (New York: Paulist Press, 1988) paperback, $10.
• David N. Power, Sacrament: The Language of God’s Giving (New York: Crossroad, 1999) paperback, $25. NEW.
• Karl Rahner, The Church and the Sacraments, Quaestiones disputae 9 (New York: Herder & Herder, 1963). Rahner here explores the idea of the Church as the primordial sacrament.
• Karl Rahner, Theological Investigations, Vol. 4: More Recent Writings (New York: Crossroad, 1966). See his essay "The Theology of the Symbol," which shatters the old philosophic deadlock opposing the symbolic and the real.
• John P. Schanz, Introduction to the Sacraments (New York: Pueblo, 1983).
• Edward Schillebeeckx, Christ the Sacrament of the Encounter with God, trans. Paul Barrett (New York: Sheed & Ward, 1963). One of the breakthrough theological texts influencing Vatican II.
• Dennis Smolarski, Sacred Mysteries: Sacramental Principles and Liturgical Practice (New York: Paulist Press, 1995)

• Lucien Diess, Visions of Liturgy and Music for a New Century, trans. Jane M.A. Burton (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1996) paperback, $26.
• Claude Duschesneau & M. Veulthy, Music and Liturgy (Washington, DC: Pastoral Press, 1992).
• Edward Foley, Foundations of Christian Music: The Music of Pre-Constantinian Christianity, American Essay in Liturgy (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1996) paperback, $10.
• Edward Foley, A Concise Dictionary of Worship Music (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2000) hardcover, $35.
• Jan Michael Joncas, From Sacred Song to Ritual Music (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1997).
• Robin A. Leaver and Joyce Ann Zimmerman, Liturgy and Music: Lifetime Learning (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1998).
• Marchita B. Mauck, Shaping a House for the Church (Chicago: Liturgical Training Resources, 1990) paperback, $10.
• Marchita B. Mauck, Places for Worship: A Guide to Building and Renovating, American Essays in Liturgy (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1995) paperback, $5.
• Robert Milburn, Early Christian Art & Architecture (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988) paperback $14.
• Peter Murray & Linda Murray, eds., The Oxford Companion to Christian Art and Architecture (New York: Oxford University Press, 1996) NEW in paperback, $26.
• Albert Rouet, Liturgy and the Arts, trans. Paul Philibert (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1997) paperback, $20.
• L. Michael White, Building God’s House in the Roman World: Architectural Adaptation among Pagans, Jews, and Christians (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1990).

• Adolf Adam, The Key to Faith: Meditations on the Liturgical Year, trans. Patrick Madigan (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1998) paperback, $20.
• John F. Baldovin, "The Liturgical Year: Calendar for a Just Community," pp. 59-76, in Worship, City, Church and Renewal (Washington, DC: Pastoral Press, 1991) paperback, $15.
• Richard Eslinger, "Civil Religion and the Year of Grace," Worship 58 (1984) 372-383.
• Adrien Nocent, "Christian Sunday," pp. 130-141, in Eugene J. Fisher, ed., The Jewish Roots of Christian Liturgy (New York: Paulist Press, 1990).
• Thomas J. Talley, The Origins of the Liturgical Year (New York: Pueblo, 1986 / Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press) paperback, $20.
• Thomas J. Talley, "The Origin of Lent at Alexandria," Studia Patristica 17 (1982) 594-612.

7.  The Liturgical Movement: 19^th & 20^th Centuries

• Louis Bouyer, Liturgical Piety (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1955).
• Odo Casel, The Mystery of Christian Worship, Milestones in Catholic Theology (New York: Crossroad, 1999) paperback. NEW. One of the classics by a leader of the Liturgical Movement.
• J.D. Crichton, Lights in Darkness: Forerunners of the Liturgical Movement (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1996).
• John Fenwick & Brian Spinks, Worship in Transition: the Liturgical Movement in the Twentieth Century (New York: Continuum, 1995).
• R.W. Franklin, "The Nineteenth-Century Liturgical Movement," Worship (1979) 12-39.
• Virgil Funk, "The Liturgical Movement (1830-1969)," pp. 695-715, in A New Dictionary of Sacramental Theology (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1990).
• Keith F. Pecklers, The Unread Vision: The Liturgical Movement in the United States of America, 1926-1955 (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1998) paperback, $25. NEW.
• Joanne M. Pierce & Michael Downey, eds., Source and Summit: Commemorating Josef A. Jungmann, S.J. (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1999) paperback, $25. NEW.