For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy"This book was originally written to serve as an outline for students in a discussion of the Christian "worldview." It suggests an approach to the world and to man's life in it that stems from the liturgical experience of the Orthodox Church. Alexander Schmemann understands issues such as secularism and Christian culture from the perspective of the unbroken experience of the Church, as revealed and communicated in her worship, in her liturgy -- the sacrament of the world, the sacrament of the Kingdom. - El Editor. |
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Eucharist | 23 |
The Time of Mission | 47 |
Of Water and the Spirit | 67 |
The Mystery of Love | 81 |
Trampling Down Death by Death | 95 |
And Ye Are Witnesses of These Things | 107 |
Worship in a Secular Age | 117 |
Sacrament and Symbol | 135 |
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