What Does It Mean to "Do This"?: Supper, Mass, Eucharist

by Michael Root (Editor), James J Buckley Dr (Editor)

Overview

Jesus' best-known mandate—after perhaps the mandate to love God and neighbor—was given at the Last Supper just before his death: "Do this in memory of me." Indeed, a case can be made that to "do this" is the source and summit of the way Christians carry out Jesus' love-mandate. Of course, Christians have debated what it means to "do this," and these debates have all too often led to divisions within and between them—debates over leavened and unleavened bread, reception of the cup, real presence and sacrifice, "open" or "closed" communion, this Supper and the hunger of the world. These divisions seem to fly in the face of Jesus' mandate, causing some to wonder whether this is "really" the Lord's Supper we celebrate (compare 1 Corinthians 11). Everything turns on just what it means to "do this." The purpose of the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology's 2012 conference was to address at least some of the many aspects of this question—to address them together, as Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox pastors and theologians, and all participants in the Supper.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781625644169
Publisher:	Cascade Books
Publication date:	11/13/2014
Series:	Pro Ecclesia , #4
Pages:	158
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.36(d)

About the Author

James J. Buckley is Professor of Theology at Loyola University Maryland. He has contributed to and edited (with Frederick Bauerschmidt and Trent Pomplun) The Blackwell Companion to Catholicism (2007). He is associate director of the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology.

Michael Root is Professor of Systematic Theology at The Catholic University of America and Executive Director of the Center for Catholic and Evangelical Theology. He was formerly the Director of the Institute for Ecumenical Research, Strasbourg, France.

Table of Contents

Contributors vii

Preface Michael Root James J. Buckley ix

1 Do This: Eucharist and the Assembly's Liturgy Frank C. Senn 1

2 Karl Barth on the Eucharist: An Ecumenical Appraisal George Hunsinger 24

3 The Eucharistic Presence of Christ Bruce D. Marshall 47

4 What Do We Do with This? Ecumenical Implications of the Handling of the Eucharist Peter Bouteneff 74

5 Eucharist: The Table That Unites and Divides the Church Martha Moore-Keish 88

6 The Eucharist and Communion with God France Aran Murphy 104

7 Communion: A Pentecostal Perspective Telford Work 121

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"It is a sad irony that the Eucharist, the great sacrament of Christian unity, has become a prime source of division. Happily, the contributors to What Does It Mean to "Do This"? refuse to accept division as our fate. The essays are uniformly excellent, both scholarly and readable. This book is an exceptional resource for use in both classroom and congregational settings."
—Joseph L. Mangina, Wycliffe College, University of Toronto

Editorial Reviews

"It is a sad irony that the Eucharist, the great sacrament of Christian unity, has become a prime source of division. Happily, the contributors to What Does It Mean to "Do This"? refuse to accept division as our fate. The essays are uniformly excellent, both scholarly and readable. This book is an exceptional resource for use in both classroom and congregational settings."
—Joseph L. Mangina, Wycliffe College, University of Toronto

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