Sacraments Bibliography #2: Sacraments of Christian Initiation

1. CHRISTIAN INITIATION: SURVEYS & INTRODUCTIONS

Maxwell E. Johnson, The Rites of Christian Initiation: Their Evolution and Interpretation (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press [A Pueblo Book], 1999) paperback, $40. A superb survey. Johnson surveys the development of the rites and theology of Christian initiation from the New Testament to their current forms in the Roman Catholic, Episcopal, and Lutheran Churches. He cites and analyzes key classic texts, critically assesses contemporary rites, and calls for an ecumenical baptismal spirituality.

Maxwell E. Johnson, ed., Living Water, Sealing Spirit: Readings on Christian Initiation (Collegeville: The Liturgical Press [A Pueblo Book], 1995) paperback, $28. A very valuable collection of important essays on Christian initiation written in the last 25 years.

Aidan Kavanagh, The Shape of Baptism (New York: Pueblo, 1978 / reprint: Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1992) paperback, $20.

Thomas Marsh, Gift of Community: Baptism and Confirmation, Message of the Sacraments 2 (Wilmington, Del: Michael Glazier, 1984).

Leonel L. Mitchell, Worship: Initiation and the Churches (Washington: Pastoral Press, 1991).

Kenan Osborne, The Sacraments of Initiation: Baptism, Confirmation, Eucharist (New York: Paulist Press, 1987) paperback, $15.

Mark Searle, Christening: The Making of Christians (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1980).

Mark Searle, ed., Alternative Futures for Worship, vol. 2: Baptism and Confirmation (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1987).

Alexander Schmemann, Of Water and Spirit: A Liturgical Study of Baptism (Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1974).

2. BAPTISM IN THE NEW TESTAMENT

G. R. Beasley-Murray, Baptism in the New Testament (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1973) paperback, $36. The classic study.

Raymond Brown, “We Confess One Baptism for the Remission of Sins,” Worship 40 (1966) 260-271.

Bruce Chilton, Jesus’ Baptism and Jesus’ Healing: His Personal Practice of Spirituality (Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 1998) paperback, $13.

Adela Yarbro Collins, “The Origin of Christian Baptism,” Studia Liturgica 19 (1989) 28-46; reprinted in Maxwell Johnson, Living Water, Sealing Spirit, 35-57.

Martin Connell, “Nisi Pedes, Except for the Feet,” Worship 70 (1996) 517-530. An important recent study of the role of foot-washing in early Christian initiation.

Oscar Cullmann, Baptism in the New Testament, trans. J.K.S. Reid (London: SCM Press, 1950). Quite dated, but a classic study by one of the leading exegetes of the century.

James D.G. Dunn, Baptism in the Holy Spirit: A Re-Examination of the New Testament Teaching on the Gift of the Holy Spirit in Relation to Pentecost (Westminster John Knox, 1997) paperback, $25.

Gordon Lathrop, “Baptism in the New Testament and Its Cultural Setting,” pp. 17-38, in Worship and Culture in Dialogue, ed. S. Anita Stauffer (Geneva: Lutheran World Federation, 1994).

Kilian McDonnell & George T. Montague, Christian Initiation and Baptism in the Holy Spirit: Evidence from the First Eight Centuries (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press [A Michael Glazier Book], 1991) paperback, $35. The 1st half devoted to New Testament sources.

3. HISTORY OF BAPTISM: PATRISTIC TEXTS

Thomas Finn, Early Christian Baptism and the Catechumenate, Message of the Fathers, vol. 5: West and East Syria and vol. 6: Italy, North Africa, Egypt (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1992). A comprehensive anthology on the ancient catechumenate. A gold-mine of material, some from hard-to-find hardbacks, some newly translated. Included are the mystagogical catecheses of Cyril of Jerusalem, John Chrysostom, Theodore of Mopsuestia, Ambrose, Augustine; the eyewitness descriptions of Egeria; excerpts from church orders—the Didache, Didiscalia, and the Ordo of Constantinople; baptismal lyrics from the greatest of the ancient Christian poets, Ephrem the Syrian.

E.C. Whitaker, Documents of the Baptismal Liturgy, revised and expanded edition, Maxwell E. Johnson (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2003) paperback, $40. This has long been recognized as the standard anthology of ancient texts on baptism. The original edition, dating from the early 1970s, was always hard to find in the United States and has been out of print for quite a while. Thankfully, it is again available. Maxwell Johnson, the leading contemporary scholar on baptism, has corrected errors and expanded the original

R.J.S. Barrett-Lennard, ed., The Sacramentary of Sarapion of Thmuis: A Text for Students, Alcuin / GROW Liturgical Study 25 (Bramcote: Grove Books, 1993).

Paul Bradshaw, Maxwell E. Johnson, & L. Edward Phillips, eds., The Apostolic Tradition: A Commentary, Hermeneia Series (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2002) hardcover, $47. A major challenge to the traditional claim that Hippolytus was the author.

F.L. Cross, ed., St. Cyril of Jerusalem’s Lectures on the Christian Sacraments (reprint of 1951 edition: Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1986) paperback.

Geoffrey J. Cuming, ed., Hippolytus: A Text for Students, Grove Liturgical Study 8 (Bramcote: Grove Books, 1976).

Thomas M. Finn, Quodvultdeus of Carthage: The Creedal Homilies: Conversion in Fifth-Century North Africa, Ancient Christian Writers 60 (New York: Newman Press / Paulist Press, 2004) hardcover.

George E. Gingras, ed. Egeria: Diary of A Pilgrimage, Ancient Christian Writers 38 (New York: Newman Press, 1970).

W. Jardine Grisbrooke, ed., The Liturgical Portions of the Apostolic Constitutions: A Text for Students, Alcuin / GROW Liturgical Study 13-14, Grove Liturgical Study #61 (Bramcote: Grove Books, 1990).

Gordon P. Jeanes, The Day Has Come! Easter and Baptism in Zeno of Verona (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1993).

Aaron Milavec, The Didache: Text, Translation, Analysis, and Commentary (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2004) paperback, $10.

David N. Power, Irenaeus of Lyons on Baptism and Eucharist: Selected Texts, Alcuin / GROW Liturgical Study 18, Grove Liturgical Study #65 (Bramcote: Grove Books, 1991).

Grant Sperry-White, The Testamentum Domini: A Text for Students, Alcuin / GROW Liturgical Study 19, Grove Liturgical Study #66 (Bramcote: Grove Books, 1991).

Edward Yarnold, ed., The Awe-Inspiring Rites of Initiation: the Origins of the RCIA, 2nd edition (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1994) paperback, $15.

4. HISTORY OF BAPTISM: STUDIES

Thomas M. Finn, From Death to Rebirth: Ritual and Conversion in Antiquity (New York: Paulist Press, 1997). paperback, $20. This can be read as an update and revision of A.D. Nock’s classic study, Conversion: The Old and the New in Religion from Alexander the Great to Augustine of Hippo (1933). Finn’s accent is on the way ritual shapes conversion. He moves back and forth from ritual documents (Didache, Apostolic Tradition, Didascalia) to autobiographical stories of converts (Justin Martyr, Gregory Thaumaturgos, Augustine) to the fictional—though still instructive—portraits found in pseudonymous works (Clementine Recognitions, Acts of Judas Thomas). In so doing, he allows the fragmentary nature of the historical record to be what it is, without homogenizing it or harmonizing it.

William Harmless, Augustine and the Catechumenate (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press [A Pueblo Book], 1995) paperback, $35. Augustine was not just a theologian. He was also a struggling 5th-century North African pastor who had a flair for teaching and who meditated a great deal on the complexities of the human heart. This study examines a little known side of him: his work as a teacher of candidates for baptism and reconstructs the experience of worshipping in the church of St. Augustine.

Edward Yarnold, Cyril of Jerusalem, Early Christian Fathers Series (New York: Routledge, 2000) paperback, $25. Cyril’s sermons to the newly baptized—the Mystagogical Catecheses—provide us the clearest picture we have of the Jerusalem liturgy, both baptism and eucharist. They show it in all its “awe-inspiring” splendor. Yarnold spent much of his career writing on Cyril and liturgy in the early Church. Like others in this series, this has a lengthy introduction together with fresh translations of major works.

Paul F. Bradshaw, ed., Essays in Early Eastern Initiation, Alcuin / GROW Liturgical Study 8, Grove Liturgical Study #56 (Bramcote: Grove Books, 1988).

Paul F. Bradshaw, “Christian Initiation: A Study in Diversity,” in The Search for the Origins of Christian Worship: Sources and Methods for the Study of Early Liturgy, 2nd ed. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2002) paperback, $21.

Sebastian P. Brock, “Some Early Syriac Baptismal Commentaries,” Orientalia Christiana Periodica 46 (1980).

Sebastian P. Brock, “Studies in the Early History of the Syrian Orthodox Baptismal Liturgy,” Journal of Theological Studies 23 (1972) 16-64.

J. Patout Burns, “On Rebaptism: Social Organization in the Third Century,” Journal of Early Christian Studies 1 (1993) 367-403.

Joseph Chalassery, The Holy Spirit and Christian Initiation in the East Syrian Tradition (Rome: Mar Thoma Yogam, 1995).

Peter Cramer, Baptism and Change in the Early Middle Ages, c.200-c.1150, Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought, vol. 20 (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993).

Owen F. Cummings, “Cyril of Jerusalem as a Postliberal Theologian,” Worship 67 (1993) 155-163.

Juliette Day, Baptism in Early Byzantine Palestine, 325-451, Joint Liturgical Studies 43 (Cambridge: Grove Books, 1999) paperback.

Juliette Day, “Adherence to the Disciplina arcani in the Fourth Century,” Studia Patristica 35 (2001) 266-270.

Philippe De Roten, Baptême et mystagogie: Enquête sur l’initiation chrétienne selon s. Jean Chrysostome, Liturgiewissenschaftliche Quellen und Forschungen 91 (Münster: Germany: Aschendorff, 2005) hardcover, €67

Alexis James Doval, Cyril of Jerusalem, Mystagogue: The Authorship of the Mystagogic Catecheses, Patristic Monograph Series 17 (Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press, 2001) hardcover, $50.

Alexis James Doval, “The Location and Structure of the Baptistery in the Mystagogic Catecheses of Cyril of Jerusalem,” Studia Patristica 25 (1993) 1-13.

Everett Ferguson, ed., Conversion, Catechumenate, and Baptism in the Early Church, Studies in Early Christianity, vol. 11 (New York: Garland Publishing, 1993).

Thomas M. Finn, The Liturgy of Baptism in the Baptismal Instructions of St. John Chrysostom, Studies in Christian Antiquity 15 (Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 1967).

Thomas M. Finn, “It Happened One Saturday Night: Ritual and Conversion in Augustine’s North Africa,” Journal of the American Academy of Religion 58 (1990): 589-616.

J.D.C. Fisher, Christian Initiation: Baptism in the Medieval West, Hillenbrand Books (reprint: Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications) paperback, $24.

D.L. Holland, “The Baptismal Interrogation Concerning the Holy Spirit in Hippolytus,” Studia Patristica 10:360-365.

Clayton N. Jefford, ed., The Didache in Context: Essays on Its Text, History, and Transmission Supplement to the Novum Testamentum (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1995).

Maxwell E. Johnson, The Prayers of Sarapion of Thmuis: A Literary, Liturgical, and Theological Analysis, Orientalia Christiana Analecta 249 (Rome: 1993).

Maxwell E. Johnson, Liturgy in Early Christian Egypt, Alcuin / GROW Liturgical Study 33 (Cambridge: Grove Books, 1995).

Maxwell E. Johnson, “From Three Weeks to Forty Days: Baptismal Preparation and the Origins of Lent,” Studia Liturgica 20 (1990) 185-200, reprint in Living Water, Sealing Spirit, 118-136.

Maxwell E. Johnson, “The Postchrismational Structure of the Apostolic Tradition 21: The Witness of Ambrose of Milan, and a Tentative Hypothesis Regarding the Current Reform of Confirmation in the Roman Rite,” Worship 70 (1996) 16-35.

Maxwell E. Johnson, “The Baptismal Rite and Anaphora in the Prayers of Sarapion of Thmuis: An Assessment of a Recent ‘Judicious Reassessment’,” Worship 73 (1999) 140-168.

Gordon W. Lathrop, “The Origins and Early Meanings of Christian Baptism: A Proposal,” Worship 68 (1994) 504-522.

Alastair H.B. Logan, “Post-baptismal Chrismation in Syria: the Evidence of Ignatius, the Didache, and the Apostolic Constitutions,” Journal of Theological Studies (forthcoming).

Enrico Mazza, Mystagogy: A Theology of Liturgy in the Patristic Age (New York: Pueblo, 1989 / Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press).

Leonel L. Mitchell, “Ambrosian Baptismal Rites,” Studia Liturgica (1962): 241-253; reprinted in Worship: Initiation and the Churches (Washington: Pastoral Press, 1991) 75-89.

Kilian McDonnell, The Baptism of Jesus in the Jordan: The Trinitarian and Cosmic Order of Salvation (Collegeville: Liturgical Press [A Michael Glazier Book], 1996) paperback, $25.

Kilian McDonnell & George T. Montague, Christian Initiation and Baptism in the Holy Spirit: Evidence from the First Eight Centuries (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press [A Michael Glazier Book], 1991) paperback, $35.

Hugh Riley, Christian Initiation: A Study of the Interpretation of the Baptismal Liturgy in the Mystagogical Writings of Cyril of Jerusalem, John Chrysostom, Theodore of Mopsuestia, and Ambrose of Milan, Studies in Christian Antiquity 17 (Washington: Catholic University of America Press, 1974).

Huub van de Sandt & Davis Flusser, eds., The Didache: Its Jewish Sources and Its Place in Early Judaism and Christianity, Compendia Rerum Iudaicarum ad Novum Testamentum (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2002) hardcover.

Craig A. Satterlee, Ambrose of Milan’s Method of Mystagogical Preaching (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2002) paperback, $35.

Bryan D. Spinks, “Sarapion of Thmuis and Baptismal Practice in Early Christian Egypt: The Need for a Judicious Reassessment,” Worship 72 (1998) 255-270.

Anita Stauffer, On Baptismal Fonts, Ancient and Modern, Alcuin / GROW Liturgical Study 29-30 (Bramcote: Grove Books Limited, 1994).

John Wilkinson, Egeria’s Travels, rev. ed. (reprint: Warminster, England: Aris and Philips, 1999) paperback, $18.

Gabriele Winkler, “The Original Meaning of the Prebaptismal Anointing and Its Implications,” Worship 52 (1978) 24-45; reprinted in Maxwell Johnson, Living Water, Sealing Spirit, 58-81.

E.C. Whitaker, “The History of the Baptismal Formula,” Journal of Ecclesiastical History 16 (1965) 1-12.

Edward J. Yarnold, “The Ceremonies of Initiation in the De Sacramentis and De Mysteriis of St. Ambrose.” Studia Patristica 10 (1970) 453-463.

Edward J. Yarnold, “Did St. Ambrose know the Mystagogic Catecheses of St. Cyril of Jerusalem?” Studia Patristica 12 (1975) 184-189.

5. THE RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS (RCIA)

International Commission on English in the Liturgy, The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults. Study Edition (Washington, DC: National Conference of Catholic Bishops, 1988) paperback, $17. This gives the full text of the RCIA as it applies the United States.

Aidan Kavanagh, The Shape of Baptism, Studies in the Reformed Rites of the Catholic Church 1 (New York: Pueblo, 1978; reprint: Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1992) paperback, $20. The classic study of the RCIA, tracing its ancient roots and its modern revival. One drawback: Kavanagh focuses almost entirely on 3rd-century sources (Hippolytus and Tertullian) and largely ignores equally important 4th-century perspectives (Cyril, Ambrose, John Chrysostom, Augustine). No quibbling about the depth of his reflections on the RCIA.

Michel Dujarier, The Rites of Christian Initiation: Historical and Pastoral Reflections (Sadlier, 1979). Often cited; but use with care. Full of inaccurate generalizations.

Robert Duggan, “Conversion in the Ordo Initiationis Christianae Adultorum,” Ephemerides Liturgicae 96 (1982): 57-83, 209-252; and 97 (1983) 141-223.

James Dunning, “The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults: Models of Adult Growth,” Worship 53 (1979) 142-156.

Donald L. Gelpi, The Conversion Experience: A Reflective Process for RCIA Participants and Others (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1998).

Maxwell E. Johnson, Images of Baptism, Forum Essay 6 (Liturgy Training Publications, 2001) paperback, $9.

Aidan Kavanagh, “Christian Initiation in Post-Conciliar Catholicism: A Brief Report,” Studia Liturgica 12 (1977) 107-115, reprinted in Maxwell Johnson, Living Water, Sealing Spirit, 1-10.

Aidan Kavanagh, “The Norm of Baptism: The New rite of Christian Initiation of Adults,” Worship 48 (1974) 143-152.

Aidan Kavanagh, “Critical Issues in the Growth of the RCIA in North America.” Catechumenate: A Journal of Christian Initiation 10 (Mar 1988): 10-21.

Aidan Kavanagh, “Unfinished and Unbegun Revisited: the Rite of Christian of Adults.” Worship 53 (July 1979): 327-340.

Raymond Kemp, “The Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults at Ten Years.” Worship 56 (July 1982): 309-326.

Mary K. Milne, Sunday Dismissals for the RCIA (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1993).

Thomas H. Morris, The RCIA: Transforming the Church. A Resource for Pastoral Implementation (New York: Paulist Press, 1997) paperback, $15.

Thomas H. Morris, “Christian Initiation: Evaluating Current Practice,” Church 8, no. 1 (Spring 1992) 8-13.

Veronica Rosier, “The Baptismal Catechumenate in the General Directory for Catechesis (1997),” Worship 73 (1999) 98-124.

Bryan D. Spinks, Reformation and Modern Rituals and Theologies of Baptism: From Luther to Contemporary Practices, Liturgy, Worship and Society (Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2006) paperback, $30. NEW.

Jeffrey A. Truscott & Maxwell E. Johnson, The Reform of Baptism and Confirmation in American Lutheranism, Drew Studies in Liturgy 11 (Scarecrow Press, 2003) hardcover, $75. NEW.

Victoria M. Turfano, ed., Celebrating the Rites of Adult Initiation: Pastoral Reflections, Font and Table Series (Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1992) paperback, $8.

Julia Upton, Becoming a Catholic Christian: A Pilgrim’s Guide to the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (Washington, DC: Pastoral Press, 1995) paperback, $10.

Catherine Vincie, “Gender Analysis and Christian Initiation,” Worship 69 (1995) 505-530.

Made Not Born: New Perspectives on Christian Initiation and the Catechumenate, ed. by the Murphy Center for Liturgical Research (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1976). A collection of classic essays.

6. CONFIRMATION

Aidan Kavanagh, Confirmation: Origins and Reform (reprint: Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1992) paperback, $12. A brilliant and provocative challenge to the understanding of the roots of confirmation. This volume also includes valuable reflections on contemporary practice. Note the essays listed below which assess and critique Kavanagh’s arguments.

Gerard Austin, Anointing with the Spirit: The Rite of Confirmation (New York: Pueblo, 1985 / reprint: Liturgical Press, 1986).

Aidan Kavanagh, “Confirmation: A Suggestion from Structure,” Worship 58 (1984) 386-395; reprinted in Maxwell Johnson, Living Water, Saving Spirit, 148-158.

Aidan Kavanagh, “Response,” Worship 65 (1991) 337-338; reprinted in Maxwell Johnson, Living Water, Saving Spirit, 256-258.

Frank C. Quinn, “Confirmation Reconsidered: Rite and Meaning,” Worship 59 (1985) 354-370; reprinted in Maxwell Johnson, Living Water, Saving Spirit, 219-237.

Paul Turner, Confirmation: The Baby in Solomon’s Court, rev. ed. (Chicago: Hillenbrandbooks, 2006) paperback, $18. NEW.

Paul Turner, Sources of Confirmation from the Fathers through the Reformation (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1993).

Paul Turner, “The Origins of Confirmation: An Analysis of Aidan Kavanagh’s Hypothesis,” Worship 65 (1991) 320-336; reprinted in Maxwell Johnson, Living Water, Saving Spirit, 238-256.

Paul Turner, “Forum: Confusion Over Confirmation,” Worship 71 (1997) 537-545.

Gabriele Winkler, “Confirmation or Chrismation? A Study in Comparative Liturgy,” Worship 58 (1984) 2-17; reprinted in Maxwell Johnson, Living Water, Saving Spirit, 202-218.

7. INFANT BAPTISM

Kurt Aland, Did the Early Church Baptize Infants?, trans. G.R. Beasley-Murray (London: SCM Press, 1963). The con-side of a pitched debate with Joachim Jeremias.

Paul F.X. Covino, ed., Catechesis and Mystagogy: Infant Baptism (Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 1996) paperback, $12.

Paul F.X. Covino, “The Postconciliar Infant Baptism Debate in the American Catholic Church,” Worship 56 (1982) 240-260; reprinted in Maxwell Johnson, ed., Living Water, Sealing Spirit, 327-349.

Paul DeClerck, “Infant Baptism: Between the Family and the Church,” Lumen Vitae 42 (1988) 291-300.

Richard Guerette, “Ecclesiology and Infant Baptism,” Worship 46 (1972).

William Harmless, “Christ the Pediatrician: Infant Baptism and Christological Imagery in the Pelagian Controversy,” Augustinian Studies 28 (1997) 7-34.

John B. Hesch, “Orthopraxis in the Sacramental Initiation of Unbaptized Children of Catechetical Age: A Canonical Perspective,” Worship 67 (1993) 214-225.

Joachim Jeremias, Infant Baptism in the First Four Centuries, trans. David Cairns (Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1960). The pro-side of a pitched debate with Kurt Aland (see above).

Joachim Jeremias, The Origins of Infant Baptism: A Further Study in Reply to Kurt Aland (Naperville, IL: A.R. Allenson, 1963).

Diane Karay, “Let the Children Lead the Way: A Case of Baptizing Children,” Worship 61 (1987) 336-348.

Nathan Mitchell, “The Once and Future Child: Towards a Theology of Childhood,” Living Light 12 (1972) 423-437.

Richard Redmond, “Infant Baptism: History and Pastoral Problems,” Theological Studies 30 (1969) 79-89.

Mark Searle, “The RCIA and Infant Baptism,” Worship 56 (1982) 327-332.

Mark Searle, “Infant Baptism Reconsidered,” Alternative Futures for Worship, Vol. 2: Baptism and Confirmation (Collegeville: Liturgical Press, 1987) 15-54; reprinted in Maxwell Johnson, Living Water, Sealing Spirit, 365-409.

Kurt Stasiak, Return to Grace: A Theology for Infant Baptism (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1996) paperback, $30.

Victoria M. Turfano, ed., Readings in the Christian Initiation of Children (Chicago: Liturgy Training Publication, 1994) paperback, $10.

8. CONTEMPORARY REFLECTIONS: THEOLOGY, SPIRITUALITY & CATECHESIS

William Seth Adams, “De-coding the Obvious: Reflections on Baptismal Ministry in the Episcopal Church,” Worship 66 (1992) 327-339.

E. Byron Anderson, “Performance, Practice and Meaning in Christian Baptism,” Worship 69 (1995) 482-505.

Catherine Dooley, “Liturgical Catechesis: Mystagogy, Marriage or Misnomer?” Worship 66 (1992) 386-397.

Donald Gelpi, Committed Worship: A Sacramental Theology for Converting Christians, 2 vol. (Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 1993).

Maxwell E. Johnson, “Back Home to the Font: Eight Implications of a Baptismal Spirituality,” Worship 71 (1997) 482-504.

Maxwell E. Johnson, “The Shape of Christian Initiation in the Lutheran Churches: Liturgical Texts and Future Directions,” Studia Liturgica 27.1 (1997) 33-60.

Aidan Kavanagh, “Theological Principles for Sacramental Catechesis,” Living Light 23 (1987) 316-324.

Philippe Larere, Baptism in Water and Baptism in Spirit: A Biblical, Liturgical and Theological Exposition, trans. Patrick Madigan (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1998).

Michael Root & Risto Saarinen, eds., Baptism and the Unity of the Church (Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1998) paperback, $20.

Kenneth Stevenson, The Mystery of Baptism in the Anglican Tradition (Morehouse Publishing Co., 1998) paperback, $16.

Max Thurian and Geoffrey Wainwright, eds., Baptism and Eucharist: Ecumenical Convergence in Celebration, Faith and Order Paper #117 (Geneva: World Council of Churches, 1983)

David M. Thompson, Adult Initiation: Papers Delivered at the Conference of the Society for Liturgical Study, 1988, Alcuin / GROW Liturgical Study 10, Grove Liturgical Study 58 (Bramcote, 1989).