Mysterion Seeking Understanding: How Sacramentality Can Save the Body of Christ
Ebook
The common misconception is that first came the church and then came the sacraments. The reality is that first came God's grace and then came the church and then the church found visible ways to see the invisible grace God bestows. The resulting perspective shift puts Christ where Paul would have us put him, as the head of the church and author or our salvation. This book invites us to see and write about the sacraments not as mere band aids to the problems we face but as lenses for examining our church. Some of the authors delve deep into intellectual conceptions while others make plain what has always seemed so extravagant. The thread they all hold onto however is the desire to help the reader see sacramentality as something wonderous rather than archaic; and to find deep value for sacramentality and the visible signs of God's invisible grace.
“This compelling volume asks and answers profound questions about both God’s sacramental nature and how that same sacramentality is the only abiding, Christian way to experience creation. In the process, these dynamic essays challenge us to fulfil our original responsibilities to God’s kingdom by living and believing sacramentally. It is hard to think of a better collection of essays centered upon these urgent issues facing today’s church.”
—Gareth Jones, Charles Sturt University
“The authors of this challenging and provocative collection of essays, coming from different traditions and perspectives, offer a multidimensional understanding of sacrament and sacramentality which serves as a critique and a summons to a new consciousness and way of being in a sacramental world. There is so much in these pages to ‘mark, learn, and inwardly digest,’ and I hope they will be widely read and produce much fruit.”
—Frank T. Griswold, former presiding bishop, Episcopal Church
“Markham and Means-Koss are to be commended for putting together this broad-ranging, ecumenical volume on the real-life repercussions of sacramental faith; exploring from new angles and with new eyes what it means for life and practice that the Word continues to dwell among us. Sometimes provocative. Always thoughtful. Highly recommended.”
—Ryan Nicholas Danker, director, The John Wesley Institute
- Title: Mysterion Seeking Understanding: How Sacramentality Can Save the Body of Christ
- Authors: Ian S. Markham, Jeremy Means-Koss, Katherine Sonderegger
- Publisher: Pickwick Publications
- Print Publication Date: 2022
- Logos Release Date: 2022
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781666706451, 9781666706437, 9781666706444, 1666706450, 1666706434, 1666706442
- Resource ID: LLS:9781666706451
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-18T20:17:19Z
The Very Rev Ian S. Markham is the dean of Virginia Theological Seminary and professor of theology and ethics. He is a priest associate at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Alexandria, VA.
Jeremy Means-Koss is the Priest-in-Charge of St. Peter’s and St. James’ Episcopal Churches in southwestern Vermont. He holds degrees from Wesley Theological Seminary, King’s College London and American University and earned his Certificate of Anglican Studies from Virginia Theological Seminary. He has also held numerous roles in students affairs/higher education.