T&T Clark Handbook of Sacraments and Sacramentality

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Introducing readers to the contemporary field of sacramental theology, this volume covers the biblical and historical foundations, a survey of the state of the discipline, and a collection of constructive essays representing major themes, practices and approaches to sacraments and sacramentality in the contemporary world.

The volume starts with a set of foundational essays that offer broad introduction to the field of sacramental theology from contemporary scholars, analysing a number of historical figures in order to illumine and inform contemporary sacramental theology.

The second part of the volume is dedicated to a series of essays on sacramentality, and includes attention to elements of space, time, ritual action, music, and word, all as aspects of what Christians have termed sacramental reality.

The third set of essays includes attention to each of the seven practices that have most commonly been termed sacraments in Christian traditions: baptism; eucharist/Lords Supper; confirmation; confession, forgiveness and reconciliation; marriage; ordination; and anointing.

The final part of this volume features scholars who are working on sacraments in conversation with contemporary academic disciplines: critical race theory, queer theory, comparative theology, and disability studies.

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Even those who have a great deal of experience studying and teaching in the area of sacraments and worship will have a good deal to learn here. * Theology *
This is a remarkable book that deserves wide readership ... It is rare to encounter a handbook that is at once a mine of valuable historical, theological and liturgical information for the student and scholar, while at the same time posing difficult and disturbing questions that offer no easy resolution or conclusion. This is a book to be highly commended and I hope that it will receive wide attention. -- David Jasper, University of Glasgow * International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church *

Author Bio

Martha Moore-Keish is J.B. Green Associate Professor of Theology, at Columbia Theological Seminary, USA.

James Farwell is Professor of Theology and Liturgy, at Virginia Theological Seminary, USA.