TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hancock,Brannon
TI  - Scandal of Sacramentality: The Eucharist in Literary and Theological Perspectives
SN  - 9780227902646
AV  - BX2215.3 
U1  - 234.163 22
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - James Clarke & Co
KW  - Lord's Supper
KW  - Catholic Church
KW  - Human body
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Christianity and literature
KW  - Christianity and the arts
KW  - RELIGION / Christian Theology / Soteriology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / Sacraments
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Description based upon print version of record; Includes bibliographical references; Front cover; Title page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword by Ann Loades; Foreword by David Jasper; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: The Scandal of Sacramentality; 1. Skandalon: Stumbling over Sacrament; 2. ""The Word . . ."": The Problem of Language; 3. "". . . Made Flesh"": The Problem of the Body; Part Two: Literary and Theological Perspectives; 4. Fracturing: Brokenness and Sacrament; 5. Consuming: Cannibalism and Sacrament; 6. Penetrating: Eroticism and Sacrament; Conclusion: In-Conclusion; Bibliography; Back cover
N2  - In this new book, Brannon Hancock explores the theme of the ""scandalous"" sacrament in the context of our current Western culture which some would describe as ""post-Christian"", and in the light of the Christian churches who hold sacramental life as central to their faith.In the texts addressed by Hancock we return to the body in all its messy complexity, and therefore to the mystery which lies at the very heart of the sacramental incarnation, the Word made Flesh
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