This collection of essays reflects the good fruit of Maxwell Johnson's long and distinguished career as a liturgical historian, theologian and pastoral liturgist.

Reflections on Christian Initiation and Eucharist
An internationally recognized scholar and professor of liturgy at the University of Notre Dame, Johnson has gathered together into this volume essays on various feasts and seasons of the liturgical year and writings on Christian Initiation and Eucharist in an ecumenical context.

Reflections on ecumenical worship, liturgical relativism, and more
It also includes articles offering liturgical-theological reflections on a variety of topics: baptismal ecclesiology, eucharistic reservation, the question of contemporary liturgical relativism, the origins of Lent, ecumenical worship, the Virgin of Guadalupe, and others.

Fascinating and worthwhile reading
Students of liturgy, pastoral liturgists, pastors and anyone interested in questions of liturgy, theology and ecumenism will find this fascinating and worthwhile reading.

Find out more about: Maxwell E. Johnson

Surname	Name
Johnson	Maxwell Johnson

"Any serious student of the rites of Christian initiation or feasts of the liturgical year will rejoice at the publication of this collection of nineteen articles or conferences by the distinguished professor of liturgical studies at the University of Notre Dame. ... It is extremely convenient to have all [the articles] revised, updated, grouped thematically and bound between two covers. ... Throughout these pages Johnson writes with exceptional clarity, displays unusual analytical skill, cites sources generously, and exhibits balance in evaluating evidence."
-- Patrick Regan, Ecclesia Orans

"Pastoral Press earns the gratitude of Johnson's admirers with the latest edition to its Worship series: Rites, Feasts, and Reflections. The result is a precious collection of outstanding essays by one of the great liturgical thinkers of our day. ... What we have is a joy."
-- Paul Turner, Doxology (A Journal of Worship: The Order of Saint Luke)

"Maxwell Johnson's emphasis on initiation ... comes through ... as a unifying theme in the book. His writing is ... thought provoking and ecumenically wide-ranging."
-- Doug Chaplin, Praxis News of Worship (England)