Description
This work comes at an opportune hour: a time in which many complain that contemporary theology lacks a general theory of sacraments.
Chauvet charts a reorientation in sacramental theology from the scholastic treatments, which appropriated the metaphysical categories of causality and substance to develop an essentially instrumentalist appreciation of grace, in favor of an approach through the category of symbol. In this approach the subject is as much grasped (and transformed) by the symbolic representation as is the object being interpreted.
Chauvet commands a wealth of scholarship which he deploys to powerful effect. His work in developing a foundational theology of sacramentality will remain the standard for years to come.
Author: Louis-Marie Chauvet
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Published: 10/24/2018
Pages: 588
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.71lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.19d
ISBN13: 9780814684962
ISBN10: 0814684963
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Theology | Soteriology
- Religion | Christian Rituals & Practice | Sacraments
- Religion | Christianity | Catholic
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