Sacraments An Interdisciplinary and Interactive Study

Name: Sacraments An Interdisciplinary and Interactive Study
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ISBN: 9780814653692

ISBN-10: 0814653693

ISBN-13: 9780814653692

Edition: 2009

Authors: Joseph Martos

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What are the sacraments, really? There are a number of ways to understand them, and this book invites you to look at the sacraments through a variety of lenses: psychology, sociology, anthropology, history, theology, morality, and spirituality. As the introduction to this volume challenges, If you read this book, and especially if you engage in the interactive study to which it invites you, your understanding of sacraments will be changed forever.

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Publication date: 8/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Joseph Martos is a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences, and director of the Russell Institute of Religion and Ministry at Spalding University.



Preface


Introduction


Invitation



Psychology and the Sacraments



Psychological Dimensions of the Sacraments



The Sacred Dimension



The Symbolic Dimension



The Ritual Dimension



Social Dimensions of the Sacraments



Social Dimensions of the Sacraments



The Functional Dimension



The Effective Dimension



The Historical Dimension



Early Forms of Religions of the Sacraments



Religion and Consciousness in the Classical World



Modern Consciousness and Religion



Ritual Studies and the Sacraments



The Emergence of Ritual Studies



Types of Rituals



Calendrical or Commemorative Rites



Transition Rituals or Rites of Passage



Rites of Exchange and Communion



Rites of Purification, Healing, and Affection



Rites of Feasting and Fasting



Political or Governmental Rites



Characteristics of Ritual



Formalism or Formality



Traditionalism



Invariance



Rule Governance



Sacred Symbolism



Performance



.Ritual Sensibility



Ritualization



Decorum



Ceremony



Magic



Liturgy



Celebration



The Sacraments in History



Historical Investigation into the Sacraments



The Apostolic Period



The Patristic Period



The Medieval Period



The Tridentine Period



The Contemporary period



The Sacraments in Theology



Theological Developments Affecting the Sacraments



The Scholastic Approach



The Approach of Vatican II



Existential and phenomenological Approaches



A Liberation Approach



Foundational/Transformational Approaches



A Postmodern Approache



Liturgical Approaches



Approaches as Models



The Sacraments and Morality



Examining Worship and Ethics



The Paschal Mystery and Personal Morality



The Kingdom of God and Social Justice



Baptism



Confirmation



Reconciliation



Anointing of the Sick



Marriage



Ordination



Eucharist



The Sacraments and Spirituality



Personal Spirituality



Communal Spirituality



Ecclesial Spirituality



Global Spirituality


Conclusion


Afterword


Index