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Title: Symbol and Sacrament: A Sacramental Reinterpretation of Christian Existence by Louis-Marie Chauvet, Patrick Madigan, Madeleine M. Beaumont ISBN: 0-8146-6124-6 Publisher: Liturgical Press Pub. Date: May, 1995 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Serious Christian Thought
Comment: While this is not an easy book to read, I found it a fountain of profound insights and intriguing ideas. This is "state of the art" theology; an inquiry into God and sacramental life which rather than being afraid of contemporary continental philosophy and psychoanalytic thought, embraces them in an impassioned effort to bring to light what ultimately is beyond words. When I feel like giving up on Christianity because of its dogmatism and naivite`, I remember this book, and leave the door open.
Rating: 5
Summary: A tradition of scholarly effort
Comment: This work is, indeed, a scholarly effort, but moreover it is a part of a tradition of scholarly effort. This book is an excellent example of theology (another academic discipline) attempting to transcend metaphysics in the way that Heidegger claims he can. Chauvet is clear in his ideas, if not concise--the book is rather long. However, Chauvet smartly and systematically applies his intellectual and spiritual faculties to exploring what a serious understanding of Heidegger's descrpition of the world would mean for theology, particularly sacramental theology.
At the very least, the work offers a fascinating perspective on the influence of philosophy on theology. At its best, the book offers a deeper, more comprehensive, and richer understanding of both (insofar as they are separable, which may be not at all) Christianity itself as well as institutionalized Christianity, a much maligned (and perhaps needlessly and ignorantly maligned) tradition.
Rating: 2
Summary: A strong, scholarly effort. . .
Comment: . . .but I am far from convinced.
I consider myself to be a fairly bright guy. I'll even admit that, like Yogi, I'm a little smarter than your average bear. With this text, however, either I'm totally lost, or the author is trying to stretch things.
This is an English translation of the writing of a French priest who is basing his theology of the Sacraments on a French translation of a German (non-Christian) philosopher. Can you see already difficulties here?
The result is an utterly incomprehensible study of the relationship of Sacramental theology to Heiddegarian thought. Skip this one, and turn instead to Edward J. Kilmartin's book on Eucharistic theology in the Western Church.
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Title: The Sacraments - The Word of God at the Mercy of the Body by Louis-Marie Chauvet ISBN: 0814661432 Publisher: Liturgical Press Pub. Date: June, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Truly Our Sister: A Theology of Mary in the Communion of Saints by Elizabeth A. Johnson ISBN: 0826414737 Publisher: Continuum Pub Group Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: The Search for the Origins of Christian Worship: Sources and Methods for the Study of Early Liturgy by Paul F. Bradshaw ISBN: 0195217322 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
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Title: The Resurrection of the Son of God (Christian Origins and the Question of God, 3) by N. T. Wright ISBN: 0800626796 Publisher: Fortress Press Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.00 |
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Title: Christ the Sacrament of the Encounter With God by Edward Schillebeeckx ISBN: 0934134723 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield (Non NBN) Pub. Date: January, 1995 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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