Levering Sacrifice and Community

Jewish Offering and Christian Eucharist
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-1-4051-5217-4
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Illuminations: Theory & Religion

This book explores the character of the Eucharist as communion inand through sacrifice. It will stimulate discussion because of itscontroversial critique of the dominant paradigm for Eucharistictheology, its reclamation of St Thomas Aquinas's theology ofthe Eucharist, and its response to Pope John Paul II'sEcclesia de Eucharistia.
* * Argues that the Eucharist cannot be separated from sacrifice,and rediscovers the biblical connections between sacrifice andcommunion.
* * Timed to coincide with the Year of the Eucharist, proclaimed byPope John Paul II.
* * Reclaims the riches of St Thomas Aquinas's theology ofthe Eucharist, which had recently been reduced to a metaphysicaldefence of transubstantiation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Levering, Matthew

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments.
Introduction: Beyond Eucharistic Idealism.
1. The Desire of Israel.
2. The Eucharist and Expiatory Sacrifice.
3. The Eucharist and the Communion of Charity.
4. Transubstantiation.
5. The Liturgy of the Eucharist.
6. Conclusion: Cruciform Communion.
Name Index.
Subject Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Matthew Levering is Associate Professor of Theology at Ave Maria University. His recent publications include Scripture and Metaphysics: Aquinas and the Renewal of Trinitarian Theology (Blackwell, 2004) and Christ's Fulfillment of Torah and Temple: Salvation According to Thomas Aquinas (2002). He is co-editor of the journal Nova et Vetera.