New Distributed Titles Fall 2009 - Oxbow Books

Peeters Publishers
Modern Ritual Studies as a Challenge for Liturgical Studies
edited by B Kranemann and P Post
The discussion of the ‘return’ of ritual has developed into a topos in recent debates in theology and cultural
studies. At its biannual conference in 2006, the Incorporated Consortium of Catholic Liturgists (AKL) in
cooperation with the Liturgical Institute (Tilburg) took as its topic ‘Modern ritual studies as a challenge
for liturgical studies’. Liturgists, scholars of religious studies and ethnologists addressed the wide field of
ritual studies with an eye to liturgical questions. The present volume brings together the lectures from
the conference, ordered according to their various themes, methods and goals. This work is intended to
encourage intensive discussion within and between the areas of study involved.
323p, paperback, 9789042920675, $94.00, Peeters Publishers, December 2009, Liturgia Condenda 20.
Seeing the Seeker
Explorations in the Discipline of Spirituality
A Festschrift for Kees Waaijman
on the occasion of his 65th birthday
edited by Hein Blommestijn, Charles
Caspers, Rijcklof Hofman, Frits Mertens,
Peter Nissen and Huub Welzen
From 1989 until 2007 Kees Waaijman (b. 1942) was
‘Professor of the history and systematics of spirituality’
at the Radboud University in Nijmegen (NL). His many
publications include the reference book Spirituality:
Forms, Foundations, Methods (2000), which has become an international standard work.
Appreciation for Kees Waaijman’s contribution to the scientific study of spirituality is expressed
in this collection by an international forum of fellow scholars and colleagues in
more than forty new explorations of this field. These are arranged in seven sections, containing
articles on, respectively, ‘philosophical foundations of spirituality’, ‘biblical spirituality’,
‘the history of Christian spirituality’, ‘Modern Devotion’, ‘present-day forms of spirituality’,
‘the relation between spirituality and health care’ and ‘mysticism and mystagogics’.
695p, hardback, 9789042921634, $124.00, Peeters Publishers, December 2008,
Studies in Spirituality Supplements 19.
Newman and Truth
edited by T Merrigan and I T Ker
John Henry Newman (1801–1890) chose as his epitaph the words, ‘Ex umbris et imaginibus
in veritaten’ (‘Out of shadows and images into the truth’). These words are more
than the expression of Newman’s hope for the future. They summarize his lifelong quest to
penetrate ever more deeply into the mystery of God’s relationship with humankind and the
ways in which men and women are able to gain insight into that relationship. This collection
of papers reflects on Newman’s understanding of the nature of truth’s survival in the
contemporary world. At the same time, it provides a critical reflection on the continuing
significance of Newman’s thought.
289p, paperback, 9789042921405, $41.00, Peeters Publishers, December 2008,
Louvain Theological & Pastoral Monographs 39.
religious studies
When ‘Love’ Strikes
Social Sciences, Ethics and Theology on Family Violence
edited by A Dillen
The family many people long for is a ‘safe haven’, a place of love.
Nevertheless, in many cases this ‘love’ becomes dangerous or violent.
Idealistic views on the family can veil violence in the family. How should
we speak about families in order to make visible both the hard realities
of some families as well as the positive feelings and experiences? In this
volume, violence between partners, between siblings and violence done
to children and the elderly or parents is analyzed from ethical, philosophical
and theological perspectives. The book offers resources for theologians,
ministers, (pastoral) counselors, chaplains, social workers, psychologists
and therapists who are confronted with violence in families.
368p, paperback, 9789042920286, $41.00, Peeters Publishers, June 2009.
From Fast to Feast
A Ritual-Liturgical Exploration of Reconciliation
in South African Cultural Contexts
by C Wepener
Today, some years after the first democratic elections in South Africa as
well as the final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC),
it is clear that reconciliation is still needed on all terrains of South African
society. The research described here aims at making a contribution towards
the process of reconciliation in South Africa by specifically looking
at one small but important element in that process, namely ritual. To this
end, several ritual probes were conducted, including an ethnographic
probe describing research by means of participatory observation in local
South African communities, as well as a cultural-anthropological, biblical,
historical and descriptive probe. From these probes, ritual qualities were
distilled, which can be used for the liturgical enculturation of rituals of
reconciliation in South Africa.
240p, paperback, 9789042920347, $87.00, Peeters Publishers, June 2009,
Liturgia Condenda 19.
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