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Nathan D. Mitchell
Professional Specialist, Department of Theology; Concurrent Associate Director, Notre Dame Center for Liturgy
(B.A., St. Meinrad College, 1966; M.A., Indiana University, 1971; Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 1978)
Profile
His books include Cult and Controversy (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press / A Pueblo Book, 1982), Eucharist as a Sacrament of Initiation (Chicago; Liturgy Training Publications, 1994), Liturgy and the Social Sciences (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1999), and Real Presence: The Work of Eucharist (new and expanded edition; Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 2001). His most recent book is Meeting Mystery ("Theology in Global Perspective Series;" Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2006). Since 1991, his column "The Amen Corner" has appeared in each issue of Worship magazine.
In 1998, Mitchell was presented with the Berakah Award from the North American Academy of Liturgy. In 2003, colleagues celebrated Mitchell's 60th birthday with a Festschrift entitled Ars Liturgiae: Worship, Aesthetics, and Praxis: Essays in Honor of Nathan D. Mitchell, edited by Clare V. Johnson (Chicago: Liturgy Training Publications, 2003). He has lectured at the following international conferences: "La Cresima: The Sacrament of Confirmation" (Settimo Congresso Internazionale di Liturgia, Roma, 6-8 Maggio 2004); "Roads to Transcendence: The Dynamics of Christian Identity" (University of Tilburg, The Netherlands, 1-2 September, 2005); and "Die modernen Ritual Studies als Herausforderung für die Liturgiewissenschaft," (Conference of the "Arbeitsgemeinschaft katholischer Liturgikdozentinnen und -dozenten im deutschen Sprachgebiet," Soesterberg, The Netherlands; 28 August-1 September, 2006).
Contact
Office: 441 Malloy Hall
Phone: (574) 631-0385
Email: Nathan.D.Mitchell.2@nd.edu