Torture and Eucharist Theology, Politics, and the Body of Christ

Name: Torture and Eucharist Theology, Politics, and the Body of Christ
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ISBN: 9780631211990

ISBN-10: 0631211993

ISBN-13: 9780631211990

Edition: 1998

Authors: William T. Cavanaugh

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In this engrossing analysis, Cavanaugh contends that the Eucharist is the Church's response to the use of torture as a social discipline. The author develops a theology of the political which presents torture as one instance of a larger confrontation of powers over bodies, both individual and social. He argues that a Christian practice of the political is embodied in Jesus' own torture at the hands of the powers of this world. The analysis of torture therefore is situated within wider discussions in the fields of ecclesiology and the state, social ethics and human rights, and sacramental theology.The book focuses on the experience of Chile and the Catholic Church there, before and during…

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List price: $70.95
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/7/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 298
Size: 5.80" wide x 8.90" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Acknowledgements


Introduction



Torture and Disappearance as an Ecclesiological Problem



Torture as Liturgy



Torture and Fragmentation



The Striptease of Power



Habeas Corpus.Conclusion



The Church Learns How to be Oppressed



Christians for Socialism



""Torture Isn't Everything""



The Stubborn Monkey



""I Am Jesus, Whom You Are Persecuting""



The Church as Russia



The Ecclesiology of a Disappearing Church



An Amiable Divorce



The Rise of ""Social Catholicism""