<div><p>Contributors to this dictionary have been selected from al over the English-speaking world, and it is to the concerns of the English-speaking churches that these essays are primarily addressed.</p><p>The dictionary is structured as a theological and pastoral resource, covering a wide range of activities that are constitutive of a sacramental Church. The entries include the strictly theological, the practical liturgical, the pastoral, and the social.</p><p>Alphabetical and topical indices, cross-referencing and sturdy, durable binding increase the value of this one-of-a-kind reference work.</p><p>Entries include:<br><i>Liturgical Reform of Vatican II</i> by Frederick R. McManus<br><i>Jewish Roots of Christian Worship</i> byAidan Kavanagh, OSB.<br><i>Sacraments</i> by Bernard Cooke<br><i>Reconciliation and Eucharist</i> by Doris Donnelly<br><i>Ordination Rites</i> by Alan F. Detscher<br><i>Ordination and Women</i> by George H. Tavard<br><i>Christian Burial</i> by Julia Upton, RSM<br><i>Types of Prayer in the Liturgy</i> by Kathleen Hughes, RSCJ</p></div>