Eastern Christian Liturgies Re-Introduced

Liturgical Press just sent me their most recent catalogue, and in it I spy a compendium by two leading liturgical scholars that looks like it will be very valuable to many upon its publication at year's end: Introduction to Eastern Christian Liturgies by Maxwell E. Johnson and Stefanos Alexopoulos (Liturgical Press, December 2021), 480pp. About this book the publisher tells us this:

In Introduction to Eastern Christian Liturgies, renowned liturgical scholars Stefanos Alexopoulos and Maxwell E. Johnson fulfill the need for a new, comprehensive, and straightforward survey of the liturgical life of the Eastern Christian Churches within the seven distinct liturgical Eastern rites still in existence today: Armenian, Byzantine, Coptic, Ethiopic, East Syrian, West Syrian, and Maronite. This topical overview covers baptism, chrismation, Eucharist, reconciliation, anointing, marriage, holy orders, burial, Liturgy of the Hours, the liturgical year, liturgical ethos and spirituality, and offers a brief yet comprehensive bibliography for further study. This book will be of special interest to masters-level students in liturgy and theology, pastoral ministers seeking an introduction to the liturgies of the Christian East, and all who seek to increase their knowledge of the liturgical riches of the Christian East.