The Sacraments: An Interdisciplinary and Interactive Study

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ISBN: 9780814653692 | 0814653693
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Copyright: 9/16/2009

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What are the sacraments, really? There are a number of ways to understand them, and this book invites you to look at the sacraments through a variety of lenses: psychology, sociology, anthropology, history, theology, morality, and spirituality. As the introduction to this volume challenges, If you read this book, and especially if you engage in the interactive study to which it invites you, your understanding of sacraments will be changed forever.

Preface	p. v
Introduction	p. 1
Invitation	p. 5
Psychology and the Sacraments	p. 7
Psychological Dimensions of the Sacraments	p. 7
The Sacred Dimension	p. 9
The Symbolic Dimension	p. 16
The Ritual Dimension	p. 23
Social Dimensions of the Sacraments	p. 34
Social Dimensions of the Sacraments	p. 34
The Functional Dimension	p. 36
The Effective Dimension	p. 42
The Historical Dimension	p. 51
Early Forms of Religions of the Sacraments	p. 52
Religion and Consciousness in the Classical World	p. 53
Modern Consciousness and Religion	p. 56
Ritual Studies and the Sacraments	p. 63
The Emergence of Ritual Studies	p. 63
Types of Rituals	p. 66
Calendrical or Commemorative Rites	p. 66
Transition Rituals or Rites of Passage	p. 68
Rites of Exchange and Communion	p. 71
Rites of Purification, Healing, and Affection	p. 76
Rites of Feasting and Fasting	p. 79
Political or Governmental Rites	p. 80
Characteristics of Ritual	p. 82
Formalism or Formality	p. 83
Traditionalism	p. 84
Invariance	p. 84
Rule Governance	p. 85
Sacred Symbolism	p. 87
Performance	p. 89
.Ritual Sensibility	p. 91
Ritualization	p. 92
Decorum	p. 92
Ceremony	p. 93
Magic	p. 94
Liturgy	p. 97
Celebration	p. 99
The Sacraments in History	p. 105
Historical Investigation into the Sacraments	p. 105
The Apostolic Period	p. 108
The Patristic Period	p. 111
The Medieval Period	p. 113
The Tridentine Period	p. 116
The Contemporary period	p. 118
The Sacraments in Theology	p. 124
Theological Developments Affecting the Sacraments	p. 125
The Scholastic Approach	p. 130
The Approach of Vatican II	p. 134
Existential and phenomenological Approaches	p. 137
A Liberation Approach	p. 142
Foundational/Transformational Approaches	p. 149
A Postmodern Approache	p. 154
Liturgical Approaches	p. 161
Approaches as Models	p. 169
The Sacraments and Morality	p. 178
Examining Worship and Ethics	p. 179
The Paschal Mystery and Personal Morality	p. 184
The Kingdom of God and Social Justice	p. 192
Baptism	p. 196
Confirmation	p. 199
Reconciliation	p. 201
Anointing of the Sick	p. 203
Marriage	p. 205
Ordination	p. 207
Eucharist	p. 210
The Sacraments and Spirituality	p. 217
Personal Spirituality	p. 218
Communal Spirituality	p. 225
Ecclesial Spirituality	p. 237
Global Spirituality	p. 244
Conclusion	p. 262
Afterword	p. 225
Index	p. 267
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