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This book represents a life-long concern to understand and counter Christianity's continued reliance on sin, fear, and guilt. By using the lenses of imagination and eucharistic imagery, I present a way of doing theology using Holy Communion as the starting point for Christian ritual and pastoral care in a new millennium.

I believe Christianity needs to free itself from its medieval captivity and re-form itself by fostering communities of accountability and well-being where sin and suffering are seen as the twin evils of our time. I also believe that building communities of well-being in practice not just in name is central to the teachings of Jesus and his welcoming table-fellowship. I hope you will find this book both affirming and challenging, and I look forward to dialoguing with you over the mutual matters of concern that form the heart of my work.

 

 

 


Table of Contents

Preface
1 Turning the Tables 1
2 Thinking outside the Empire 13
3 Imagining and Imaging Communal Well-Being 37
4 Praying as Believing 63
5 Deliver Us from Fear 90
6 What Price Forgiveness? 113
7 The Embodied Soul 134
8 Holy Communion Indeed! 153
App. A Paradigm Shifts to Encourage Well-Being 177
App. B: Communion Prayers 179
Index 191


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