The Oxford Handbook of Sacramental Theology
Hans Boersma editor Matthew Levering editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Published:11th Jan '18
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As a multi-faceted introduction to sacramental theology, the purposes of this Handbook are threefold: historical, ecumenical, and missional. The forty-four chapters are organized into the following parts five parts: Sacramental Roots in Scripture, Patristic Sacramental Theology, Medieval Sacramental Theology, From the Reformation through Today, and Philosophical and Theological Issues in Sacramental Doctrine. Contributors to this Handbook explain the diverse ways that believers have construed the sacraments, both in inspired Scripture and in the history of the Church's practice. In Scripture and the early Church, Orthodox, Protestants, and Catholics all find evidence that the first Christian communities celebrated and taught about the sacraments in a manner that Orthodox, Protestants, and Catholics today affirm as the foundation of their own faith and practice. Thus, for those who want to understand what has been taught about the sacraments in Scripture and across the generations by the major thinkers of the various Christian traditions, this Handbook provides an introduction. As the divisions in Christian sacramental understanding and practice are certainly evident in this Handbook, it is not thereby without ecumenical and missional value. This book evidences that the story of the Christian sacraments is, despite divisions in interpretation and practice, one of tremendous hope.
Theology is not intended to be only a conversation for specialists. If it is, as The Oxford Handbook of Sacramental Theology reveals, meant to help interpret, illuminate, and guide the church's life together. May preachers of every theological stripe embrace this way of thinking about how theology works in the church... * Theology Forum *
...a good launch pad from which mature students of theology can grow in their understanding of the churchs reflection on sacramental theology * Ryan M. McGraw, PRJ *
This text will prove to be a standard resource for sacramental theologians, and perhaps the first place to turn for those who want to ask--even if for the first time--why and how Christians have always believed that God works in and through matter. * Jonathan Martin Ciraulo, Reading Religion *
In light of this work's wide-ranging scope and breadth of content, it may be a misnomer to entitle it a Handbook a term that tends to imply concise reference to a specific topic, which the reader can access quickly and efficiently. Such a handbook this work definitely is not. It might have more aptly been entitled a 'compendium' or even 'encyclopedia' of sacramental theology. * Lee W. Gross, Antiphone: A Journal for Liturgical Renewal *
[T]here is much here that is fresh, and in the very best sense of the word provocative. . . . [T]he Handbook deserves to become a standard work of reference, and it is an unusually inspiring one. * Ann Wailes, OP, New Blackfriars *
The two editors, one from an evangelical teaching post, the other from a Roman Catholic one, have brought together 50 authors from different spheres of study, different continents, and differing confessional standpoints. * Colin Buchanan *
ISBN: 9780198816614
Dimensions: 245mm x 169mm x 37mm
Weight: 1238g
736 pages