Acknowledgements; Introduction: ecumenical theology; Part I. Real Presence: 1. The bread that we break: controversies; 2. The iron in the fire: a proposal; Part II. Eucharistic Sacrifice: 3. The sacrifice we offer: controversies; 4. Christ our Passover: a proposal; Part III. Eucharist and Ministry: 5. Eucharistic ministry: controversies; 6. Eucharistic ministry: an impending impasse?; Part IV. Eucharist and Social Ethics: 7. The Eucharistic transformation of culture; 8. Nicene Christianity, the Eucharist and peace; Conclusion: let us keep the feast; Index.
In this book, George Hunsinger explores how churches might overcome key theological obstacles to Eucharistic sharing.
George Hunsinger is Hazel Thompson McCord Professor of Systematic Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. He is author of Disruptive Grace: Studies in the Theology of Karl Barth (2000) and How to Read Karl Barth: The Shape of His Theology (1991).
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Catholics, and Eastern Orthodoxy, but he also manages to argue for
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'So thank God for George Hunsinger. He refuses to let past polemics
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'The Eucharist and Ecumenism is an ambitious project, the product
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to the positions of others. It reflects the author's conviction
that visible - that is, structural - unity of the Church is its
Lord's will for it, and therefore worth working for, in spite of
contemporary discouragement. To read it has been a reminder of the
riches of the whole Christian tradition, and a challenge to the
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