Ritual at World's End: Cláudio Carvalhaes

With a foreword by Ivone Gebara. "Ritual at World’s End maps Cláudio’s conversion to an ecological approach to liturgy. It also manifests his ever-confident eschewal of the usual authorities in liturgical theology. Instead, he is looking to liberation theologians, and listening to the poor. So, these are the field notes of a man on a journey—to the land, to his past, with his children, for the overlooked—as he wrestles with his questions, privilege, and responsibilities. Passion and urgency, truth-telling and testimony, combine with great force in Cláudio’s thinking, and this remarkable book will be well-read, gather companions, and muster more justice in the life of believers. Read it for it’s challenge, gift, provocation, blessing, agenda-setting, summons…" Stephen Burns Professor of Liturgical and Practical Theology Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity Melbourne, Australia