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Liturgical Language |
Present Interests
There is a continued need to promote the use of language that is inclusive of women in liturgical texts. I am studying this historically, by examining the use of inclusive language in medieval Latin and vernacular texts.
There is also a need to expand horizons regarding the names and images of God that are used in liturgical texts. Again, medieval texts have something to tell us, as do the more thorough use of biblical precedents and our contemporary imaginations.
Previous Publications
- The Question of Inclusive Language
Accent on Worship (Washington DC: Liturgical Conference) vol. 1 no. 3 (1981) 5-6 - Liturgy: God in Our Liturgical Prayer
Canadian Catholic Review, vol. 1 no. 8 (September 1983) 34-35 - The Names and Images of God
Liturgy (Washington DC) vol. 4, no. 4 (Spring 1985) 53-57
Reprinted in B. G. Meeks, ed. - The Landscape of Praise: Readings in Liturgical Renewal
[A Liturgical Conference Book]
Valley Forge, Penn: Trinity Press International 1996, 263-267 - ICEL and Inclusive Language
in P. C. Finn and J. M Schellman, eds.
Shaping English Liturgy: Studies in Honor of Archbishop Denis Hurley
Prepared by the International Commission on English in the Liturgy
Washington: Pastoral Press 1990, 257-278 - Towards a More Inclusive Church: The Role of Language
by Frank Henderson, in collaboration with Joan Baker, Nancy Burger, Lorraine Nicely, Kathleen Quinn, and Linda Winski
Edmonton: Inclusive Language Resources 1992
First published in Prairie Messenger, vol. 69, no. 16 (November 11, 1991) - Inclusive Language in Latin Liturgical Texts
National Bulletin on Liturgy, vol. 25, no. 129 (Summer 1992) 110-112 - Language and Silence [theme of issue]
National Bulletin on Liturgy, vol. 27, no. 137 (Summer 1994) - The Trinity in Celtic Devotional Prayers
National Bulletin on Liturgy, vol. 27, no. 139 (Winter 1994) 254-256