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"In this short, stimulating and accessible book radical theologian Timothy Gorringe shows how, throughout history, the eucharist has been a fundamental component of Christian existence because it intersects with what he calls 'the whole fabric of our social, political and economic reality'. Drawing as he does on classic Christian texts, and on more recent writers such as Rahner, Tillich, Oman and Von Rad, Gorringe offers what on one level can be appreciated as a finely-nuanced and well-informed contribution to liturgical reflection. At another level his book can be read as a challenging contribution to British liberation theology. By suggesting that our understanding of the eucharist is limited unless it is set against Jesus' entire conception of table-fellowship, as this is portrayed throughout the Gospels, the author indicates that Jesus acted as he did at the last supper because from the very beginning he had used table-fellowship redemptively and non-exclusively. Properly understood, the eucharist shows that the truth, the mystery of God, is mediated to us through material means. Taking the bread and wine is therefore an inescapably political act - the 'sign of love' - because

Author

Timothy Gorringe

Publisher

SPCK (Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge)

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9780281049967