Losing the Sacred Ritual Modernity and Liturgical Reform

This book argues that the iturgical reforms initiated by the second Vatican Council may have seriously undermined contemporary Roman Catholic warship.Drawing on important work by Durkhaim, Bauman, Foucault, Turner, Duffy, Flanagan, and Pickstock, David Torevell focuses on the most crucial element of Catholic worship -- the experience of the sacred -- and examines how it has been eroded since pre-modern times, largely due to the marginalization of ritual expression, and its consequences.Torevell, David is the author of 'Losing the Sacred Ritual Modernity and Liturgical Reform', published 2000 under ISBN 9780567087201 and ISBN 0567087204.