First communion : ritual, church and popular religious identity / Peter McGrail.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McGrail, Peter, 1959-

Series:

Liturgy, worship, and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

First communion.

Physical Description:

199 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2007]

Contents:

First communion until the eve of Quam Singulari

The Eucharist in English published texts (1568-1910)

The implementation of the decree Quam Singulari in England (1910-11)

The shifting social and religious context for the celebration of first communion across the twentieth century

First communion as sacrament of initiation in Vatican II

The ethnography of first communion

Discourses of meaning on the ground

Power and conflict in the preparation for first communion

Different ritual patterns in the first communion mass

First communion and consumption.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [179]-195) and index.

ISBN:

0754657418

9780754657415

OCLC:

70062954