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Handbook for Liturgical Studies
By Anscar J. Chupungco, O.S.B., Editor
5 Volumes

Volume 1: Introduction to the Liturgy,
                      440 pp., 6 x 9, PhP 650.00

Volume II: Fundamental Liturgy,
                     400 pp., 6 x 9, PhP 620.00

Volume III: The Eucharist,
                      392 pp., 6 x 9, PhP 600.00

Volume IV: Sacraments and Sacramentals,
                       416 pp., 6 x 9, PhP 630.00

Volume V: Liturgical Time and Space,
                     448 pp., 6 x 9, PhP 650.00

Studies provides a course of liturgical studies in five volumes. It is offered as a model, source, and reference for students of liturgy and liturgical ministry. The Handbook differentiates from its predecessor Anamnesis, published by the Pontifical Liturgical Institute. First, the subjects in the liturgical ordo, history, and tradition are examined as components of the theology of liturgy. Next, the Handbook pays significant attention to the role played by the human sciences in the liturgy (psycho-sociology, anthropology, linguistics, and the arts.) Pastoral and spiritual considerations receive appropriate treatment in light of liturgical principles, and general models based on the meaning and purpose of the liturgy are suggested.

The materials of the East and the non-Roman West are integrated with the Roman, providing a comprehensive vision of Christian worship. More than forty authors from Asia, Africa, Latin America, North America, and Europe have contributed to the Handbook. Many are professors of the Pontifical Liturgical Institute in Rome. Each author, while drawing material from liturgical tradition and from ancient, medieval, and modern sources, writes also from a particular research and personal interest in a subject.

Although diverse in style, the authors collectively express a spirit of fidelity to the Church, to its doctrine and tradition, and to its mission. The result is a cohesive view of the meaning, purpose, and celebration of Christian worship. The editor's goal in these volumes is for students to learn the methodology, historical setting, theological and spiritual doctrines, and the pastoral concerns of the liturgy. Through these volumes, readers are led not only to a scientific understanding of the liturgy but also to an active and spiritually fruitful participation in the ecclesial celebration of Christ's mystery desired by the Second Vatican Council.

Anscar J. Chupungco, O.S.B., is the director of the Paul VI Institute of Liturgy in the Philippines and professor of liturgical inculturation at the Pontifical Liturgical Institute in Rome. Among his publications are Liturgies of the Future: The Process and Methods of Inculturation and Liturgical Inculturation: Sacraments, Religiosity, and Catechesis, published by The Liturgical Press.

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Handbook for Liturgical Studies
Volume I: Introduction to the Liturgy
By Anscar J. Chupungco, O.S.B., Editor
400 pp., 6 x 9, PhP 650.00

This introductory volume offers a working definition of the liturgy, reviews its historical development, and presents its sources.

Volume I consists of three parts: "Preliminary Notions," "Historical Overview of the Liturgy," and "Liturgical Sources." Articles and their contributors include "A Definition of Liturgy," by Anscar J. Chupungco, O.S.B.; "Liturgical Families in the East," by Ephrem Carr, O.S.B.; "Liturgical Families in the West," by Gabriel Ramis; "Bible and Liturgy," by Renato De Zan; "Liturgy and the Fathers," by Basil Studer, O.S.B.; "Liturgy and Ecumenism," by Patrick Lyons, O.S.B.; "History of the Liturgy Until the Fourth Century," by Anscar J. Chupungco, O.S.B.; "History of the Eastern Liturgies," by Manel Nin, O.S.B.; "History of the Roman Liturgy Until the Fifteenth Century," by Anscar J. Chupungco, O.S.B.; "History of the Roman Liturgy from the Sixteenth Until the Twentieth Centuries," by Keith F. Pecklers, S.J.; "History of the Liturgies in the Non-Roman West," by Jordi Pinell I Pons, O.S.B.; "Liturgical Documents of the First Four Centuries," by Basil Studer, O.S.B.; "Byzantine Liturgical Books," by Elena Velkova Velkovska; "Other Liturgical Books in the East," by Manel Nin, O.S.B.; "Liturgical Books of the Roman Rite," by Cassian Folsom, O.S.B.; "Liturgical Books of the Non-Roman West," by Gabriel Ramis; "Liturgical Textual Criticism," by Renato De Zan; "Criticism and Interpretation of Liturgical Texts," by Renato De Zan; "Translation of Liturgical Texts," by Anscar J. Chupungco, O.S.B.; and "Liturgical Law," by Frederick R. McManus.

More than forty authors from Asia, Africa, Latin America, North America, and Eastern and Western Europe have contributed to the Handbook. Many are professors and graduates of the Pontifical Liturgical Institute in Rome. Each author, while drawing material from liturgical tradition and from ancient, medieval, and modern sources, writes also from a particular research and personal interest in a subject. Although diverse in style, the authors collectively express a spirit of fidelity to the Church, to its doctrine and tradition, and to its mission. The result is a cohesive view of the meaning, purpose, and celebration of Christian worship.

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Handbook for Liturgical Studies
Volume II: Fundamental Liturgy
By Anscar J. Chupungco, O.S.B., Editor
400 pp., 6 x 9, PhP 620.00

This second volume leads the reader to a deeper understanding of the liturgy by examining the basic concepts that belong to its definition. What concepts must one have in order to understand and explain the nature and purpose, the plan and actualization, and the relational character of the liturgy? This volume addresses these questions under three headings, which develop the foundational concepts of the liturgy, namely epistemology, celebration, and human sciences.

Articles and their contributors are "Theology of the Liturgy," by Alceste Catella; "Liturgical Symbolism," by Crispino Valenziano; "Liturgy and Spirituality," by Jésus Castellano Cervera, O.C.D.; "Pastoral Liturgical Ministry," by Domenico Sartore, C.S.J.; "Catechesis and Liturgy," by Domenico Sartore, C.S.J.; "Liturgy and Ecclesiology," by Nathan Mitchell; "The Liturgical Assembly," by Mark Francis, C.S.V.; "Participation in the Liturgy," by Anna Kai-Yung Chan; "Liturgical Ministries," by Thomas A. Krosnicki, S.V.D.; "The Psychosociological Aspect of the Liturgy," by Lucio Maria Pinkus, O.S.M.; "Liturgy and Anthropology: The Meaning and the Method of the Question," by Crispino Valenziano; "The Language of Liturgy," by Silvano Maggiani, O.S.M.; "Liturgy and Aesthetic," by Silvano Maggiani, O.S.M.; "Liturgy and Music," by Jan Michael Joncas; "Liturgy and Iconology," by Crispino Valenziano; and "Liturgy and Inculturation," by Anscar J. Chupungco, O.S.B. and Silvano Maggiani, O.S.M.

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Handbook for Liturgical Studies
Volume III: The Eucharist
By Anscar J. Chupungco, O.S.B., Editor
392 pp., 6 x 9, PhP 600.00

This volume aims not only to contribute to the ongoing reflection on the meaning and purpose of the eucharist but also to offer to teachers and students of liturgy a handbook for studying the subject according to a system which is based on historical development, theology and doctrine, liturgical texts and traditions in both East and West, and pastoral considerations.

Articles and their contributors are "A Eucharistic Lexicon," by Marcel Metzger; "The Eucharist in the First Four Centuries," by Enrico Mazza; "The Various Orders of Celebration," by Stefano Parenti; "The Oriental Anaphorae," by Enzo Lodi; "The History of the Roman Eucharistic Liturgy in Rome," by Marcel Metzger; "The Sacramentary of Paul VI," by Michael Witczak; "The Roman Lectionary for Mass," by Adrien Nocent, O.S.B.; "The Homily," by Domenico Sartore, C.S.J.; "Musical Elements in the Ordo Missae of Paul VI," by Jan Michael Joncas; "The Eucharistic Celebration in the Non-Roman West," by Gabriel Ramis; "Worship of the Eucharist Outside Mass," by Nathan Mitchell; "The Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts," by Nicola Bux; "The Viaticum," by Philippe Rouillard, O.S.B.; "Questions about Specific Points," by Adrien Nocent, O.S.B.; "Theology of Eucharistic Celebration," by David N. Power, O.M.I.

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Handbook for Liturgical Studies
Volume IV: Sacraments and Sacramentals
By Anscar J. Chupungco, O.S.B., Editor
416 pp., 6 x 9, PhP 630.00

This fourth volume opens with a review of the basic liturgical notions of sacraments and sacramentals. The seven sacraments are then examined according to their classical order: Christian initiation, comprising the catechumenate, baptism, confirmation, and first Eucharist; reconciliation; the care and anointing of the sick; holy orders and liturgical ministries; and marriage. Next are the sacramentals, namely, monastic and religious profession; consecration of virgins; funeral rites; and the various blessings.

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Handbook for Liturgical Studies
Volume V: Liturgical Time and Space
By Anscar J. Chupungco, O.S.B., Editor
448 pp., 6 x 9, PhP 650.00

This last volume of the series is devoted to the study of the time and space components of the liturgy. Although the Eucharist, sacraments, and sacramentals are all celebrated in time and space, there are three types of liturgical celebrations on which time and space have a direct particular bearing. These are the liturgy of the Hours, the liturgical feasts and seasons in the course of the year, and the dedication of churches. The first two relate to time; the third, to space.

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