Eucharist: A Guide for the Perplexed
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Overview
What is the Eucharist? This direct question would seem to yield an equally direct answer. However, as soon as we begin to answer it, we encounter an array of responses layered with various complexities. The answer is shaped by who answers, for example a roman catholic, an Anglican, or a Baptist. Perhaps, even the name ‘Eucharist’ would be contested. Answers to this question would reflect not only confessional differences but also the spectrum of theological and liturgical perspectives across Christianity. In this book, Ralph McMichael analyses these complexities/perplexities raised by asking these questions.
Key Features
- Surveys the essential theological issues surrounding the Eucharist
- Examines the historical questions surrounding this sacrament
- Summarizes the essential value of the Eucharist in the contemporary church life
Contents
- Introduction: What is the Eucharist?
- Tradition: History and Theology
- Presence
- Sacrifice
- Ecumenism
- Church
- Culture
- Language
- World
- Epilogue: The Eucharist of Theology
Praise for the Print Edition
McMichael's summary is a helpful review and a formative argument that will be beneficial for pastors, educators, and students. The book is replete with observations that are theological gems... It is a worthwhile addition to one's theological library.
—Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology
There is much to be said for this book... It provides the sort of introduction to eucharist structures and families which a student of the subject will find helpful.'
—Church Times
As the Eucharist recovers its place as the central act of worship in many churches, the need for a guide both to its history and meaning becomes more and more urgent. McMichael's Guide for the Perplexed answers that need. With great skill and clarity, we are led through a consideration of the various ways in which the Eucharist has been perceived and explicated in times past. At the same time, we are treated to a profound meditation upon the Eucharist as gift which constitutes the life of the church, a gift which grounds us in the present, points us toward the future and invites us to live eucharistically for the sake of the world.
—Rev. Frank T. Griswold
Product Details
- Title: Eucharist: A Guide for the Perplexed
- Author: Ralph N. McMichael
- Series: Guides for the Perplexed
- Publisher: T&T Clark
- Publication Date: 2010
- Pages: 176
- Resource Type: Introduction
- Topic: Sacraments