First Communion: Ritual, Church and Popular Religious Identity (Liturgy, Worship and Society Series) - Hardcover

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Revd Dr Peter McGrail is Senior Lecturer of Catholic Studies at Liverpool Hope University, UK. He is a priest of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool with over twenty years of pastoral experience. He has worked extensively at diocesan and national levels in the fields of liturgy and catechesis, was Director of Pastoral Formation for the Archdiocese from 1997-2006, is currently a member of the Liturgy Committee of the Bishops' Conference of England and Wales, and Chair of its Liturgical Formation sub-committee. This book is developed from fieldwork and reflection around his long-standing interest in the relationship between liturgy and broader societal and cultural trends, especially as evidenced in the celebration of first communion. He has contributed a chapter entitled 'Display and Division: Congregational Conflict among Roman Catholics' in Mathew Guest and Karin Tusting (eds), Congregational Studies in the UK, Ashgate (2004).