Eucharistic Body

Frank C. Senn, Doug Birdsall

• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN: 9781506416762
• eBook ISBN: 9781506425160
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Rituals & Practice

Building on his previous work on embodied liturgy, Frank C. Senn explores the relationship between the sacramental body and blood of Christ, the ecclesial body of Christ, and the body of the communicant. Drawing on the richness of the eucharistic traditions and his own life experiences, this book expands our understandings of the Eucharist to include pilgrimage to the altar (ad altare Dei), a life of gratitude (anaphora), cosmology and praise (preface and Sanctus), body and memory (anamnesis, Spirit and community (epiclesis), Trinitarian orthodoxy and world view (doxology), presence and union with Christ (communion), and initiation and reconciliation (fencing the table). It argues for use of a full eucharistic prayer to express a wider understanding of the Eucharist, including creation themes, an emphasis on the passion of Christ to connect the Eucharist to suffering humanity, an expansion of the fellowship dimension of the Eucharist to embrace the church in heaven and around the world, a recovery of Trinitarian praise, an ecumenical exploration of how we understand theologically the presence of Christ received bodily, and a reconsideration of the value of initiation in sacramental discipline and in the life of faith.

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Index

Abba, 117–18

absolution, 162

adiaphora, 20

ʾădōnāy, 115–16

Agnus Dei, 65

altar, 18–21, 75–76, 118, 142

Alexander, Cecil Frances, 54

Ambrose of Milan, 153

anamnesis, 71–73

anamnēsis, 70–71

anaphora, 35, 41

Anaphoras: Addai and Mari, 26, 49, 72, 93, 106; St Basil (Egyptian), 73, 94, 96; St. John Chrysostom, 33, 94–96, 106–7, 164; St. James, 35; St. Mark, 52; St. Peter (Maronite), 106; Sarapion of Thmuis, 50–51, 94

Anglican practice, 128

Antecommunion, 4, 145

anti–liturgy, 78

Apology of the Augsburg Confession, x, 4, 32–33, 162

Apostles’ Creed, 75, 117

Apostolic Constitutions, 35, 52, 160

Apostolic Tradition, 26, 27, 49, 72, 93, 106, 151

Aquinas, Thomas, 87, 130

Arianism, 106, 119

Athanasian Creed, 109–10, 116

Athanasius of Alexandria, 72–73

atonement, theories of, 67–68

Atonement Lutheran Church, Oneonta, NY, 5, 85

Augsburg Confession, x

Augustine of Hippo, 34, 90, 108, 111, 130

Aulén, Gustaf 34

ambry, 20

Babylonian Captivity of the Church, The, 31

Baptism, 90, 153

Baptists, 140

barefoot, 11, 59

basilicas, 9, 18

Beck, Richard, 147–48

Bellah, Robert, 44

Benedict VIII, Pope, 158

Benedict XVI, Pope (Joseph Ratzinger), 21

berakah, berakhot, 25, 91–92, 148–49

Berengar of Tours, 130

bhakti, 38–39

Bieler, Andrea, 40

Birkat ha–mazon, 25

bishops, role of, 153, 158

Black Rubric, 142

body: corporate, 97–98; in motion, 82; interpersonal, 88–89; gestures, 39–40, 51–52, 57, 82, 122; knowing, 69; mystical, 78–79; naked, 43–44 (swimming), 59 (earthing), 73–74 (Christ), 89 (Adam and Eve); scan, 83; Spirit-filled, 98–99; spiritual, 99; spousal meaning, 88; suffering, 68–71; temple of the Holy Spirit, 98–99; theology of the, 88

Body and Blood of Christ, 3, 65,71, 75, 94–95, 98, 126–27, 130–31, 134–38, 166

body and earth, 58–59

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Table Of Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Ad Altare Dei: Journey into Presence
• Anaphora: A Eucharistic Life
• Preface and Sanctus: Cosmology and Praise
• Anamnesis: Body and Memory
• Epiclesis: Spirit and Community
• Doxology: An Orthodox Worldview
• Communion: Presence and Embodiment
• Fencing the Table: Eucharistic Initiation, Fellowship, Reconciliation
• Bibliography
• Index