Lis, Marek (Redakcja Wydawnictw Wydziału Teologicznego Uniwersytetu Opolskiego, 2013)
Among theological and liturgical publications there are numerous studies on the broadcasting of the Mass on radio or television. Less attention has been given to the role of the media present during the liturgy in our churches (books, microphones, new media). Since its beginnings, Christian liturgies were impossible without written texts (manuscripts are the first media). Without the press invented by Johannes Gutenberg the Luther’s Reformation would fail – and the Tridentine reform of the liturgy would be impossible. In the 20th century, the microphone has modified the liturgy: yet its effects, observed in 1974 by M. McLuhan, didn’t interest liturgists. The Church in 21 st century has to face a new phenomenon: new media (like smartphones or iPads) intrude into liturgy, trying to replace the “old” media (books).
