{"product_id":"the-directory-on-popular-piety-and-the-liturgy-principles-and-guidelines-a-commentary-9780814628935","title":"The Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy: Principles and Guidelines, a Commentary","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2006 Catholic Press Association Award Winner!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter suffering an eclipse during the post-Vatican II liturgical reform, popular piety has regained its vital role in the spiritual life of Catholics. In response to its re-emergence, the Congregation for divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments issued the \u003ci\u003eDirectory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy\u003c\/i\u003e on December 17, 2001. The \u003ci\u003eDirectory\u003c\/i\u003e was written for bishops and their collaborators as a pastoral guide addressing the relationship between liturgy and popular piety. \u003ci\u003eDirectory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy: Principles and Guidelines, A Commentary\u003c\/i\u003e by Peter C. Phan provides a chapter-by-chapter commentary on the \u003ci\u003eDirectory\u003c\/i\u003e, summarizing its contents, highlighting its strengths and weaknesses, and offering suggestions on how devotional practices can be implemented in the United States. For liturgists, religious educators and students, pastoral leaders, and other interested Christians, this volume is helpful toward promoting a vigorous and authentic devotional life in the community, while respecting the preeminence of liturgical worship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Commentary\u003c\/i\u003e begins with a preface by Peter C. Phan and an introduction by James Empereur, entitled Popular Piety and the Liturgy: Principles and Guidelines.\" Chapters in Part One: \u003ci\u003eEmerging Trends: History, Magisterium, Theology\u003c\/i\u003e are *Liturgy and Popular Piety in a Historical Perspective, - by Mark R. Francis; *Liturgy and Popular Piety in the Church's Magisterium, - by Peter Fink; and *Theological Principles for an Evaluation and Renewal of Popular Piety, - by Nathan Mitchell. Chapters in Part Two: \u003ci\u003eGuidelines for the Harmonization of Popular Piety with the Liturgy\u003c\/i\u003e are *The Liturgical Year and Popular Piety, - by Keith F. Pecklers; *Veneration of the Holy Mother of God, - by Joyce Ann Zimmerman; *Veneration of the Saints and Beati, - by Rail Gomez; *Suffrage for the Dead, - by Peter C. Phan; *Shrines and Pilgrimages, - by Ana Maria Pineda. Concludes with a bibliography that presents the most significant recent writings on popular piety and liturgy, by Robert Brancatelli.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeter C. Phan, PhD, is the Ignacio Ellacuria Professor of Catholic Social Thought at Georgetown University.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter C. Phan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liturgical Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.08w x 0.41d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814628935\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhan, Peter C.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Fr. Peter C. Phan is a Vietnamese American and is the Warren-Blanding Professor of Religion and Culture in the department of religion and religious education at The Catholic University of America. He is the author and editor of several books and over a hundred essays on various aspects of Christian theology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liturgical Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44233580183667,"sku":"9.78081E+12","price":30.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_6f3ce961-188b-4efc-bee6-2b5d9ddab4c4.jpg?v=1768744206","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-directory-on-popular-piety-and-the-liturgy-principles-and-guidelines-a-commentary-9780814628935","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}