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Juan Oliver
Sep/2022, 80 Pages, PAPERBACK, 5 x 7
ISBN-13: 9781640655904
The newest book in the Little Books on Liturgy series, focused on the intersection of liturgy and formation.
Juan Oliver, Custodian of the Book of Common Prayer, outlines why rituals and liturgy have great meaning in forming individuals and communities. His work is focused on topics such as the sacraments, worship, mystery and the sacred.
Ideal for group or individual study in churches, seminaries, and schools of ministry.
Praise for Juan Oliver's previous work:
"Juan Oliver offers us the gift of 'disclosure of meaning' in this most helpful volume."
—Louis Weil, James F. Hodges Professor of Liturgics Emeritus at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific
" . . . invaluable to parish clergy . . . "
—J. Neil Alexander, Dean, Sewanee School of Theology
JUAN OLIVER has served in a variety of ministerial positions as vicar, interim rector, acting canon to the ordinary, and as an academic and professor. Dr. Oliver has published widely on worship and Latino ministry. Ripe Fields: The Promise and Challenge of Latino Ministry was published in 2009; A House of Meanings: Christian Worship in Plain Language in 2020. The Rev. Dr. Oliver is the current custodian of the Book of Common Prayer and lives in Santa Fé, New Mexico.