Order code: HSI2 | 978-1-59525-035-3 | Hardcover | 6 x 9 | 464 pages | Language: English | Copyright Year: 2011
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The original edition of this book, in 1988, presented a theology of sacraments that emerged out of a Church stirred into new life by the Second Vatican Council. This new edition has the advantage of being able to look not only at the reception of its contents, but also at the way some countercurrents have developed over those years, both in theory and in practice. This study in sacramental theology examines the mainstream church teaching and practice and the alternatives that have emerged after the Second Vatican Council.
A careful listening to the tradition of rite and word is truly indispensable for sacramental theology. It was out of such listening that Vatican II teaching on sacraments emerged. It was out of such listening that sacramental practice was reviewed by the Council, and provision was made for recovering the full richness of the tradition. This book examines and documents the tradition of sacramental practice and teaching. Biblical and historical studies continue to uncover new riches of the tradition, and account is taken of recent findings in this new edition.
Liam G. Walsh is a member of the Irish Dominican Province. He holds degrees in theology from St. Tallaght (Ireland), Le Saulchoir (France) and from the Angelicum (Rome).
“This book is a long awaited text for teaching the Sacraments of Initiation. It is especially valuable as a textbook since it presents not only an overview of the systematic theology of the sacraments, but also an integrated liturgical theology of the Sacramental Rites. It is concise yet it incites the desire for further study.” —Sister Esther Mary Nichols, RSM, PhD, SLD St. John Vianney Theological Seminary, Denver CO
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