Reviews for The Rites of Christian Initiation: Their Evolution and Interpretation, Revised and Expanded Edition

The average rating for The Rites of Christian Initiation: Their Evolution and Interpretation, Revised and Expanded Edition based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-07-02 00:00:00 Wendy Phillips This history of the development of the rites of Christian initiation is quite thorough (though not exhaustive), sifting through documentary evidence from both the East and the West in the pre-Nicaean period, the fourth and fifth centuries, the Middle Ages, the Protestant and Catholic reformations of the sixteenth century, and today. It could be a bit dry and academic for the casual reader, but it's an indispensable reference for anyone interested in liturgical history. It's also proving to be quite a substantive resource for a paper I'm writing on the place of mystagogy in the initiation process.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-08-19 00:00:00 Lenore Penley This book is a good but not excellent resource on the Rites of Christian Initiation. If you are looking for a book that will not get lost in details but will concisely relate to you theology, look elsewhere. This book will make you cry at points with the amount of near-useless insights it provides. Truly an academic work, it does succeed (enough for four stars) to cover everything that you would likely ever want to know about the development of Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist in the Church.