Crisis and Communion: The Remythologization of the EucharistApocryphile Press, 2005 - 308 pages Every time the church has encountered crises, its understanding and performance of the Eucharist has shifted to help it meet that crisis. This book documents those shifts and asks the important question: what crisis is the church facting today, and how must the Eucharist change again to meet the challenge? |
Contents
Acknowledgements | 9 |
Biblical Traditions and the Early Church | 23 |
The Undivided Church | 38 |
The Western Church | 57 |
Power | 95 |
Dreaming the Liturgy | 151 |
What Do We Celebrate? | 166 |
What Words Do We Use? | 184 |
A The Didache Eucharist | 245 |
Notes | 280 |
Bibliography | 299 |
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