Washing Feet: Imitating the Example of Jesus in the Liturgy Today - Softcover

O'Loughlin, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0814648614 ISBN 13: 9780814648612

Publisher: Liturgical Press, 2015

Synopsis

More than half a century after its introduction into the Easter liturgy, the rite of the washing of feet on Holy Thursday goes to the heart of what it means to take part in Christian liturgy—as well as to live a Christian life. In Washing Feet: Imitating the Example of Jesus in the Liturgy Today, Thomas O’Loughlin explores the significance of mutual foot washing in early Christian communities and in the rituals of churches today.

Washing Feet is a sound and engaging combination of liturgical theology, historical exploration, and practical pastoral guidance. Clergy, liturgy committees, and RCIA leaders involved in Holy Week liturgies will find this a useful and accessible resource for understanding how this practice is a key to how ordinary Christians understand the nature of the church and their relationship to others within their particular communites.

About this title

About the Author

Thomas O’Loughlin is professor of historical theology at the University of Nottingham, UK. He uses the tools of the historian to look afresh at how we ask and answer theological problems. O’Loughlin was elected president of the Catholic Theological Association of Great Britain in 2016. He is the author of The Rites and Wrongs of Liturgy: Why Good Liturgy Matters and Washing Feet: Imitating the Example of Jesus in Liturgy Today, both from Liturgical Press.

Edition details

• Publisher: Liturgical Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0814648614
• ISBN 13: 9780814648612
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144