Incarnational Model of the Eucharist

Updates a neglected incarnational motif with contemporary conceptual resources to propose a novel model of Christ's presence in the Eucharist.

List of contents

Preface; 1. Discerning the body of Christ; 2. Known in the breaking of bread: a biblical-theological foundation for the Eucharist; 3. 'Holy to the Lord': speech-acts, consecration, and the divine presence; 4. What's in a (re)name? That which we call bread, by another name would be Christ's body; 5. Christology for the Eucharist; 6. Varieties of Impanation; 7. Sacramental Impanation: an incarnational model of the Eucharist; Epilogue.

About the author

James M. Arcadi (Ph.D., University of Bristol) is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Analytic Theology Project at Fuller Theological Seminary, California. From 2015–2017 he was a Research Fellow in the Jewish Philosophical Theology project at the Herzl Institute. His articles have appeared in Religious Studies, Topoi, Heythrop Journal, and Philosophy Compass. He is the co-editor for special issues of the journals TheoLogica and Open Theology.

Summary

Scholars and students in theology, religion, liturgy, and philosophy of religion will value this cutting-edge examination of Christ's presence in the Eucharist that draws on contemporary conceptual resources from speech-act theory, metaphysics, and philosophy of mind. Corollary discussions of the Incarnation, divine omnipresence, and the nature of consecration are also included.

Product details

• Authors: James Arcadi, James M Arcadi, James M. Arcadi, James M. (Fuller Theological Seminary Arcadi
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2018
• EAN: 9781108425896
• ISBN: 978-1-108-42589-6
• No. of pages: 318
• Series: Current Issues in Theology; Current Issues in Theology; Current Issues in Theology, Se
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; RELIGION / Theology, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Christian worship, rites & ceremonies, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals