Bread of Life and Cup of Joy: Newer Ecumenical Perspectives on the Eucharist

by Horton Davies

This book ventures a fresh look at the Eucharist in ways that draw Christians together rather than divide them. A respected scholar of liturgical history, Horton Davies here explores the Eucharist as memorial, as thanksgiving, as sacrifice, as eschatological banquet, as communion, as mystery, and as liberation and social justice. A separate chapter examines the unitive concept of transignification. Although the book as a whole presents ecumenical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1579102093
• ISBN13: 9781579102098
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.5"