The Meaning of Ritual by Leonel L. Mitchell

The Meaning of Ritual

Exploring the power of symbol in worship and liturgy – its primitive beginnings, Christian origins, contemporary meanings

by Leonel L. Mitchell

Paulist Press, 1977, ISBN 0809120356, paperback

Very Good Condition with a little edge and shelf wear, some rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, no inscriptions (See photographs)

“This is a basic introduction to the meaning and history of ritual.  In the words of the author, “my purpose in this book is to examine human ritual, and especially Western Christian ritual, to see what place it holds in human life and whether it can continue to hold that place today.  It is not addressed to the specialist but to the general reader and seeks to place a study of liturgical origins and meaning in the wider context of human ritual activity.”