Eucharistic Body
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (834 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1506416764 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 200 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the AuthorFrank C. His previous books from Fortress Press include Embodied Liturgy (2016), Introduction to Christian Liturgy (2012), The People's Work: A Social History of the Liturgy (2010), New Creation: A Liturgical Worldview (2000), and Christian Liturgy: Catholic and Evangelical (1997).. He is a past president of the North American Academy of Liturgy. Senn is a retired Lutheran pastor and visiting professor
Building on his previous work on embodied liturgy, Frank C. Senn explores the relationship between the sacramental body and blood of Christ, the ecclesial body of Christ, and the body of the communicant. It argues for use of a full eucharistic prayer to express a wider understanding of the Eucharist, including creation themes, an emphasis on the passion of Christ to connect the Eucharist to suffering humanity, an expansion of the fellowship dimension of the Eucharist to embrace the church in heaven and around the world, a recovery of Trinitarian praise, an ecumenical exploration of how we understand theologically the presence of Christ received bodily, and a reconsideration of the value of initiation in sacramental discipline and in the life of faith.. Drawing on the richness of the eucharistic traditions and his own life
He is a past president of the North American Academy of Liturgy. Frank C. Senn is a retired Lutheran pastor and visiting professor. His previous books from Fortress Press include Embodied Liturgy (2016), Introduction to Christian Liturgy (2012), The People's Work: A Social History of the Liturgy (2010), New Creation: A Liturgical Worldview (2000), and Christian Liturgy: