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Zusatztext This text will prove to be a standard resource for sacramental theologians! and perhaps the first place to turn for those who want to ask - even if for the first time - why and how Christians have always believed that God works in and through matter. Informationen zum Autor Hans Boersma (Ph.D. University of Utrecht) is the J. I. Packer Professor of Theology at Regent College in Vancouver, Canada. Before coming to Regent College in 2005, Boersma taught for six years at Trinity Western University in Langley, British Columbia. He also served several years as a Pastor. Boersma has written of a number of books, most recently Embodiment and Virtue in Gregory of Nyssa: An Anagogical Approach (Oxford University Press, 2013). He is alsothe author of Heavenly Participation: The Weaving of a Sacramental Tapestry (Eerdmans, 2011) of Nouvelle Théologie and Sacramental Ontology: A Return to Mystery (Oxford University Press, 2009) and of Violence, Hospitality, and the Cross: Reappropriating the Atonement Tradition (Baker Academic, 2004).Matthew Levering is Perry Family Foundation Professor of Theology at Mundelein Seminary. He serves as co-editor of two theological quarterlies, Nova et Vetera and The International Journal of Systematic Theology. He has authored numerous books, including Predestination (OUP, 2011), Biblical Natural Law (OUP, 2008), and (with David Novak and Anver Emon) Natural Law: A Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Trialogue (OUP, 2014). With Matthew L. Lamb, he editedVatican II: Renewal within Tradition (OUP, 2008). His works in sacramental theology include Sacrifice and Communion: Jewish Offering and Christian Eucharist (Blackwell, 2005) and Christ and the Catholic Priesthood (Hillenbrand, 2010). Since 2007 he has been Chair of the Board of the Academy of Catholic Theology. Klappentext This Handbook introduces the theology of the sacraments from a variety of perspectives. It contains historical overviews, biblical discussion, philosophical and theological reflection, as well as ecumenical discussion. It is one of the most comprehensive overviews of the sacraments throughout the tradition of the Christian church. Zusammenfassung This Handbook introduces the theology of the sacraments from a variety of perspectives. It contains historical overviews, biblical discussion, philosophical and theological reflection, as well as ecumenical discussion. It is one of the most comprehensive overviews of the sacraments throughout the tradition of the Christian church....
