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The Liturgical Subject
Subject, Subjectivity, and the Human Person in Contemporary Liturgical Discussion and Critique
Edited by James G. Leachman, OSB
The Liturgical Subject brings together in one volume a wide-sometimes divergent-range of understandings of the liturgy. Written primarily by Roman Catholics, with one important ecumenical contribution, the publication of these essays at this moment is particularly apt. There is widespread reassessment of various aspects of especially the post-Conciliar period of liturgical reform. The essays reflect the breadth of concerns that arise in that debate. At the same time the collection indicates how liturgical study is called to account by, and is itself able to question, the philosophical aspects of its work. This is an area of enquiry as yet in…
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Contested Territory
Mapping Peru in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
Heidi V. Scott
Landscape is never static, but changes continuously when seen in relation to human occupation, movement, labor, and discourse. Contested Territory explores the ways in which Peru’s early colonial landscapes were experienced and portrayed, especially by the Spanish conquerors but also by their conquered subjects. It focuses on the role played by indigenous groups in shaping the Spanish experiences of landscapes, the diverse geographical images of Peru and ways in which these were constructed and contested, and what this can tell us about the nature of colonial relations in post-conquest Peru.
This exceptional study,, which draws from archival records and sources…
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Poetry and Fiction Brochure Online
The University of Notre Dame Press partners with the Creative Writing Program at the University of Notre Dame to publish the Richard Sullivan Prize in Short Fiction and the Ernest Sandeen Prize in Poetry winners. In addition, the Press collaborates with the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame to support the work of emerging Latino/a poets with the Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize.
We are pleased to offer the books in these series, as well as other fine poetry and fiction titles, in this brochure: Poetry & Fiction Brochure. Some of the books are offered…
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