Bøker av Peter McGrail

Peter McGrail explores the relationship between ritual form, ecclesial self- understanding and constructs of the world that are at play as adults become members of the Church. Analysing the rites by which adults were taken into the Church for three and a half centuries.

One of the most carefully prepared liturgies of any Roman Catholic parish's year is the celebration of 'First Communion'. This book examines the relationship between church structures and popular religious identity, viewed through the lens of the first communion event.