Holy Communion in Contagious Times

Holy Communion in Contagious Times
Author: Richard A. Burridge
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 309
Release: 2022-01-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1725285789

Can the church celebrate the eucharist in "contagious times," like the coronavirus pandemic, and if so, how? In this book, Richard Burridge investigates a wide range of proposed options, both in the everyday physical world (fasting the eucharist, spiritual communion, solo and concelebrated communions, lay presidency, drive-in and drive-thru eucharists, and extended communion) and in cyberspace (computer services for avatars, broadcast eucharists online, and narrowcast communions using webinar software like Zoom). Along the way, he tackles the whole range of concepts of the church, ordination, and the eucharist. This book is essential reading for anyone desiring an informed and provocative guide to the theology and practice of holy communion in our challenging times.

Virtual Communion

Virtual Communion
Author: Katherine G. Schmidt
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2020-05-22
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1978701632

Virtual Communion: Theology of the Internet and the Catholic Sacramental Imagination provides a theological account of the internet from a Catholic perspective. It engages digital culture by providing a context for media and mediation within the Catholic tradition, specifically focusing on the ecclesiology and sacramentality of the church. Katherine G. Schmidt argues that the Catholic imagination is inherently consonant with the idea of the “virtual,” understood as the creative space between presence and absence, bringing the fields of media studies, internet studies, sociology, history, and theology together in order to give a theological account of the social realities of American Catholicism in light of digital culture. Overall, Schmidt argues that the social possibilities of the internet afford the church great opportunity for building a social context that allows the living out of Eucharistic logic learned in properly liturgical moments.

Torture and Eucharist

Torture and Eucharist
Author: William T. Cavanaugh
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Total Pages: 304
Release: 1998-12-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780631211990

In this engrossing analysis, Cavanaugh contends that the Eucharist is the Church's response to the use of torture as a social discipline.

Holy Communion in Contagious Times

Holy Communion in Contagious Times
Author: Richard A. Burridge
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2022-01-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1725285770

Can the church celebrate the eucharist in “contagious times,” like the coronavirus pandemic, and if so, how? In this book, Richard Burridge investigates a wide range of proposed options, both in the everyday physical world (fasting the eucharist, spiritual communion, solo and concelebrated communions, lay presidency, drive-in and drive-thru eucharists, and extended communion) and in cyberspace (computer services for avatars, broadcast eucharists online, and narrowcast communions using webinar software like Zoom). Along the way, he tackles the whole range of concepts of the church, ordination, and the eucharist. This book is essential reading for anyone desiring an informed and provocative guide to the theology and practice of holy communion in our challenging times.

Holy Communion at a Distance

Holy Communion at a Distance
Author: Ian Tarrant
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022
Genre: COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-
ISBN: 9781788272353

"Being forced to conduct services online during the COVID-19 pandemic has been both a frustration and an opportunity, particularly with regard to the holy communion. This study explores how communion has been shared remotely--from spiritual communion to 'bubble' Eucharist and livestreamed services--and asks whether it can and should be encouraged, both under lockdown and in contagion-free times."--

What Happens in Holy Communion?

What Happens in Holy Communion?
Author: Michael Welker
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2000
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780802846020

All the large churches in the world agree on this: communion is the highest expression of the church unity. Yet it is exactly the act of communion that historically has given rise to vehement controversies among the churches. This new book not only explores the meaning of holy communion but also marks a turning point on the way to common understanding. Welker gives a clear explanation of holy communion based on the biblical tradition and evaluates the ecumenical discourse on communion of the past thirty years. In the process he answers such often posed questions as "What do we mean when we say that Christ is present in communion?" "How are Christ's body and blood connected with bread and wine?" "What is the difference between the Christian Supper and the Jewish Passover meal?" and "Are children allowed to share in communion?"

Revelation, Mystical Phenomena and Divine Promises

Revelation, Mystical Phenomena and Divine Promises
Author: Deacon Albert Graham
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Total Pages: 754
Release: 2022-10-05
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1698712693

The reader will be appraised of how God has been speaking to His people through public and private revelation for over 2000 years. A special chapter in this work deals with some saints and holy people who have had private revelations about or visits from souls in purgatory, hell or heaven. Another chapter and several of the appendixes are devoted to Marian Apparitions to include those that are approved, not approved and those appending a decision by the Church. By far one of the greatest strengths of this undertaking is the identification of some 43 categories of concomitant extraordinary phenomena and some of the saints and holy people who have experienced them. Color paintings by artists are depicted of some saints experiencing such mystical phenomena. Another unique feature of the book is a listing of some 600 individuals from the 13th to the 21st centuries who bore the stigmata. By knowing that God is present and alive to His people this book may help bring others to a deeper faith in God.

Divine Communion

Divine Communion
Author: Jay Emerson Johnson
Publisher: Church Publishing, Inc.
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2013-10-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1596272538

Food, sex, and God– these intertwine at the heart of Christian faith and practice. This book invites Christian communities to reflect theologically and spiritually on the desire for God and the desire for sexual intimacy as the same fundamental desire for communion. This is likewise God’s own desire to be in communion with us, which Christians celebrate whenever we share a simple meal of bread and wine at the Eucharistic table. The longing for intimacy and its disruptions echo throughout our political contestations, economic systems, racial and ethnic conflicts, and ecological crises. In no small measure, the vitality of Christian witness to the Gospel in the twenty-first century depends on exploring the depths of desire itself in the ancient hope for Divine Communion made new.

Renovating Holiness

Renovating Holiness
Author: Thomas Jay Oord
Publisher: SacraSage Press
Total Pages: 495
Release: 2015-02-03
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1937498654

This book is a call for change. Even more, it calls for open conversation about change. For too long, many in the Church of the Nazarene have considered the doctrine of holiness off limits, a sacred cow, impervious to all forces of cultural modification and theological renewal. It's time for a real change, because the church needs renovation! These 100+ essays from Millennial and Xer leaders explore how holiness might be understood and lived today.