The Sacraments: An Interdisciplinary and Interactive Study
by Martos, JosephFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-09-16
Publisher(s): Michael Glazier
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Summary
What are the sacraments, really? There are a number of ways to understand them, and this book invites you to look at the sacraments through a variety of lenses: psychology, sociology, anthropology, history, theology, morality, and spirituality. As the introduction to this volume challenges, If you read this book, and especially if you engage in the interactive study to which it invites you, your understanding of sacraments will be changed forever.
Author Biography
Joseph Martos is author of Doors to the Sacred: A Historical Introduction to Sacraments in the Catholic Church, which for more than a quarter of a century has been the most widely read book on the subject. Recently retired from full-time teaching, he has been a visiting professor in universities and theology schools in Canada and Australia as well as around the United States.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. v |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| Invitation | p. 5 |
| Psychology and the Sacraments | p. 7 |
| Psychological Dimensions of the Sacraments | p. 7 |
| The Sacred Dimension | p. 9 |
| The Symbolic Dimension | p. 16 |
| The Ritual Dimension | p. 23 |
| Social Dimensions of the Sacraments | p. 34 |
| Social Dimensions of the Sacraments | p. 34 |
| The Functional Dimension | p. 36 |
| The Effective Dimension | p. 42 |
| The Historical Dimension | p. 51 |
| Early Forms of Religions of the Sacraments | p. 52 |
| Religion and Consciousness in the Classical World | p. 53 |
| Modern Consciousness and Religion | p. 56 |
| Ritual Studies and the Sacraments | p. 63 |
| The Emergence of Ritual Studies | p. 63 |
| Types of Rituals | p. 66 |
| Calendrical or Commemorative Rites | p. 66 |
| Transition Rituals or Rites of Passage | p. 68 |
| Rites of Exchange and Communion | p. 71 |
| Rites of Purification, Healing, and Affection | p. 76 |
| Rites of Feasting and Fasting | p. 79 |
| Political or Governmental Rites | p. 80 |
| Characteristics of Ritual | p. 82 |
| Formalism or Formality | p. 83 |
| Traditionalism | p. 84 |
| Invariance | p. 84 |
| Rule Governance | p. 85 |
| Sacred Symbolism | p. 87 |
| Performance | p. 89 |
| .Ritual Sensibility | p. 91 |
| Ritualization | p. 92 |
| Decorum | p. 92 |
| Ceremony | p. 93 |
| Magic | p. 94 |
| Liturgy | p. 97 |
| Celebration | p. 99 |
| The Sacraments in History | p. 105 |
| Historical Investigation into the Sacraments | p. 105 |
| The Apostolic Period | p. 108 |
| The Patristic Period | p. 111 |
| The Medieval Period | p. 113 |
| The Tridentine Period | p. 116 |
| The Contemporary period | p. 118 |
| The Sacraments in Theology | p. 124 |
| Theological Developments Affecting the Sacraments | p. 125 |
| The Scholastic Approach | p. 130 |
| The Approach of Vatican II | p. 134 |
| Existential and phenomenological Approaches | p. 137 |
| A Liberation Approach | p. 142 |
| Foundational/Transformational Approaches | p. 149 |
| A Postmodern Approache | p. 154 |
| Liturgical Approaches | p. 161 |
| Approaches as Models | p. 169 |
| The Sacraments and Morality | p. 178 |
| Examining Worship and Ethics | p. 179 |
| The Paschal Mystery and Personal Morality | p. 184 |
| The Kingdom of God and Social Justice | p. 192 |
| Baptism | p. 196 |
| Confirmation | p. 199 |
| Reconciliation | p. 201 |
| Anointing of the Sick | p. 203 |
| Marriage | p. 205 |
| Ordination | p. 207 |
| Eucharist | p. 210 |
| The Sacraments and Spirituality | p. 217 |
| Personal Spirituality | p. 218 |
| Communal Spirituality | p. 225 |
| Ecclesial Spirituality | p. 237 |
| Global Spirituality | p. 244 |
| Conclusion | p. 262 |
| Afterword | p. 225 |
| Index | p. 267 |
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