LITURGY AND CONTEMPLATION

by Jacques Maritain ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 25, 1960

This short work by one of the most respected neo-thomist philosophers is a comparatively lengthy essay, somewhat general and abstract in nature, dealing with the relationship between liturgy and contemplation. It attacks certain misconceptions prevalent among certain European enthusiasts in the liturgical movement that tend to make them denigrate contemplation. Maritain maintains the view that mystical contemplation is in the ordinary way of sanctity and insists that it is the full flowering of the liturgy and the development of the liturgical spirit. His clarifications anent the alleged techniques and subjectivism of mysticism, and his defense of personalism, liberty of spirit, silence, solitude and supernaturalism against certain pseudo- liturgical excesses militating against them, contain important considerations relevant to the fast-growing liturgical movement in the U.S.

Pub Date: Feb. 25, 1960

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Kenedy

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 1960

Categories: NONFICTION