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Eucharist Christ's Feast with the Church

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ISBN-10: 0687120179

ISBN-13: 9780687120178

Edition: N/A

Authors: Laurence Hull Stookey

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List price: $27.99
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Publication date: 4/1/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 4.37" wide x 4.37" long x 0.23" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Laurence Hull Stookey is Professor Emeritusnbsp;of Preaching and Worship, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington,D.C., and Pastor of Asbury United Methodist Church in Allen, MD. He has authored the following books for Abingdon: Eucharist: Christ's Feast With the Church; Calendar: Christ's Time for the Church; Baptism: Christ's Act in the Church; Let the Whole Church Say Amen; and This Day: A Wesleyan Way of Prayer. also trynbsp; lstookey@wesleyseminary.edu

Introduction
Prologue
Central Meanings Behind the Meal
Creation as Divine Communication
Covenantal Initiation and Interaction
Christ at Center
The Church: At Once Inadequate and Aspiring
The Coming Kingdom
Key Biblical Understandings of the Eucharist
Paul's Instruction to the Corinthians
The Suppers in the Synoptics
The Eucharist in the Fourth Gospel
Feasting in Heaven
Faith Seeking Understanding
Eucharistic Presence as Explained by Platonism
Eucharistic Presence as Explained by Aristotelianism
The Nominalist Challenge to the Status Quo
Luther: Ubiquitous Presence
Zwingli: Memorialism
Calvin: Virtualism
Reformation Interaction and Continuing Issues
From Age to Age
The Testimonies of Justin Martyr and Hippolytus
The Changing Scene in the Early Centuries
The Middle Ages
The Reaction of the Reformers
After the Reformers
Contemporary Reconsideration
Toward a Renewal of Eucharistic Understanding
Components of a Renewed Eucharistic Theology
Eucharistic Reorientation Through Teaching and Preaching
Conducting the Eucharist
Context
The Rite
The Action
The Elements
The Furnishings
The People
"That My House May Be Filled"
Filling God's House Congregationally
Filling God's House Ecumenically
Filling God's House Evangelically
Epilogue
Appendix 1: Extending the Eucharist to the Unwillingly Absent
Appendix 2: The Eucharist in Methodism
Notes
For Further Reading
Index of Biblical Texts
Index of Subjects