What is the point of the Lectionary? What are the problems and opportunities that it presents to those who use it? What are its strengths and weaknesses as an aid to worship? How can it be used and communicated most effectively today? These are among the key questions that Thomas O'Loughlin explores in this stimulating and much-needed guide.

Thomas O'Loughlin is Professor of Historical Theology at the University of Nottingham. His books include Discovering Saint Patrick (DLT/Paulist 2005), Celtic Theology (Continuum 2000), Saint Patrick (SPCK 1999) and The Didache (SPCK/Hendrickson 2010). He is also the author of Explaining the Lectionary (Columba 2008) and the Liturgical Resources series for the three-year cycle (Columba 2006-08).