Keith F. Pecklers, SJ, is professor of liturgy at the Pontifical Gregorian University and professor of liturgical history at the Pontifical Liturgical Institute in Rome. He is the author of the following titles published by Liturgical Press: Dynamic Equivalence: The Living Language of Christian Worship; The Unread Vision: The Liturgical Movement in the United States of America 1926-1955; Worship: A Primer in Christian Ritual; and editor of Liturgy for the New Millennium: A Commentary on the Revised Sacramentary. He is also the author of "Liturgy from Trent to Vatican II" included in the Handbook of Liturgical Studies published by Liturgical Press.
Keith Pecklers is an emerging leader of a new generation of
liturgical scholars who brings both theological and historical
wisdom to bear on a movement that began long before Vatican II and,
indeed, prepared the way for the council. His book is at once
thoroughly documented and clearly written. It is an especially
valuable resource for understanding the longstanding and pastorally
crucial connection between liturgy and social justice.Richard P.
McBrien, Crowley-O'Brien-Walter Professor of Theology, University
of Notre Dame
It is simply the best overall work on the U.S. Liturgical Movement
available today. May the vision so eloquently described in its
pages cease being unread.Mark R. Francis, CSV, Associate Professor
of Liturgy, Catholic Theological Union at Chicago
[Pecklers'] contention that the principles and goals of the
pioneers remain valid and relevant is clearly demonstrated in this
work; his suggestion that the liturgical movement needs re-founding
today is undeniable. The Unread Vision will certainly assist us in
such efforts.Kathleen Hughes, RSCJ
Without doubt, Pecklers has written the best and most comprehensive
history of the liturgical movement in the United States. He
analyzes in depth its European roots and shows how those roots
expanded in American soil. The Unread Vision is a remarkable
achievement and a fine contribution to the history of the Church in
the United States in this century.Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland,
OSB
This history of the early stages of the liturgical movement and the
associated issues will be of interest not only to liturgy students
and historians interested in the past but all concerned about the
possible future of the liturgy in the United States. It has much to
tell us about the interrelatedness of liturgy and social
justice.Theodore M. Hesburgh, CSC, President Emeritus, University
of Notre Dame
Most notable - and invaluable - is Pecklers' approach to the
essential link between renewal of participatory celebration of
Christian worship and the other movements in the Church during the
period 1926-1955. The obvious ones were the related biblical,
catechetical, and ecumenical enterprises, but The Unread Vision
analyzes and chronicles the close developments in education, the
arts, and above all the social movements in the church community of
the three decades.Frederick R. McManus
This valuable book 'is the first [volume] to treat the movement [in
the U.S.A.] synthetically' (cover copy). . . . As a whole this book
is an informative and successful description of the Liturgical
Movement in the U.S.A. and an enrichment to scholarship on this
epoch as a whole. We agree with the author that genuine liturgical
practice demands an expansion into Christian action; however, it
seems to this reviewer that this aspect is emphasized a little too
much. Nevertheless, even for European liturgiology of this epoch
this will in future be a basic resource.Archiv Für
Liturgiewissenschaft
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