Sacramental Theology for a Modern and Future World

"Anyone looking for a new relationship to Christian religiosity will have to deal with the area at the center of both cognitive consciousness and the practical life-the sacraments. Is baptism merely a symbolic act, or is it a reality that affects one's life? Does a final unction affect a person's future stages of destiny? How can we understand the transformation of bread and wine? Which spiritual processes are expressed in "rituals"? The Christian Community, working as a conscious movement for religious renewal, offers answers to these and other crucial questions. This is a book for all those who are seeking a thorough and accessible theology of the sacraments. Michael Debus speaks to readers who wish to understand more deeply the spiritual foundations of The Christian Community and its place in theological history"--