Metaphors of Eucharistic Presence: Language, Cognition, and the Body and Blood of Christ

by Stephen R Shaver

In Metaphors of Eucharistic Presence: Language, Cognition, and the Body and Blood of Christ, Stephen R. Shaver brings together the fields of cognitive linguistics and liturgical theology to propose a new approach to the ecumenically controversial issue of eucharistic presence. Drawing from the work of cognitive linguists such as George Lakoff, Gilles Fauconnier, and Mark Turner, and theologians such as Robert Masson and John Sanders, Shaver argues...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197580807
• ISBN13: 9780197580806
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.8"