A New Look at the Sacraments [Paperback]

William J. Bausch (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 300 pages
• Publisher: Twenty-Third Publications; Revised edition (April 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0896221741
• ISBN-13: 978-0896221741
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #932,773 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good overview, January 8, 2002

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Mia Crosthwaite (Boise, ID United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A new look at the sacraments (Paperback)

Bausch's Sacraments is a good historical and theological overview of the seven sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church. It is readable and easy to understand for beginning lay people and has enough content for high level readers. We use this book as a textbook for the area's adult religious education program sponsored by seven area Catholic parishes.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Correction on Publication Status, November 2, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: A new look at the sacraments (Paperback)

This book is listed as out of print. It is not out of print. It's being used as a textbook in a class I'm currently taking. It is available from Twenty-Third Publications in Mystic, CT. We're also using one of Kenan Osborne's books, and I must say that Bausch is very much easier to read and understand than Osborne.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A tour de force - outstanding!, January 13, 2006

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David A. Appling "polkovnik" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A New Look at the Sacraments (Paperback)

This excellent book is highly recommended either as a text or for independent study. It is exceptionally readable and presents a cogent, unifying, and cross-linked discussion of all seven sacraments in the light of Vatican II and modern sacramental theology.
A preceding review states that Bausch "denies the idea of the sacraments...as facilitating a personal relationship with Christ." This notion appears nowhere in the book - rather the converse.
The "traditional understanding" of which that reviewer speaks is the pre-Vatican II understanding. True, if you're a Pius IX (1846-1878) Catholic you may not like this book very much. If you are a post-Vatican II Christian, though, you will find it filled with insight.