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The Scandal of Sacramentality: The Eucharist in Literary and Theological Perspectives Paperback – March 17, 2014

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  • Paperback: 232 pages
  • Publisher: Pickwick Publications (March 17, 2014)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1620326329
  • ISBN-13: 978-1620326329
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.5 x 9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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5.0 out of 5 starsA Scandalous Stumbling Block...And That's A Good Thing
By Amazon Customer on April 6, 2014
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This very readable, intelligent, book on the Sacraments is guaranteed to be like no other book on the topic you have experienced before. In the Scandal of Sacramentality, Dr. Brannon Hancock helps us to recapture how truly scandalous it is to gather around the table of The Lord. No doubt after reading it you will have a better understanding of why the Apostle Paul calls the proclamation of Christ crucified a scandal to the Jews and foolishness to the Gentiles but to those of us who are being saved, the very power of God.

This book will pull you in through the opening chapters of section one with it's discussion of metaphors, signs, symbols, and the presence/absence of Christ in the Eucharist. There's a lot to digest there which you will want to reflect on again after reading it. You may not understand what I mean by this until you read it but the section on the death of God is actually a helpful way to understand the living Christ in our table celebrations.

The second section of the book deals with the sacramentality found in works of literature such as Crash, Monsenior Quixote, Perfume, and various other works. You will be challenged, enlightened, drawn in, repulsed, disgusted, thoroughly engaged, and ultimately drawn in by the content, and that's exactly what you want because it engages you at every step of the way, even while making you feel a bit unsettled at times. In this excellent work you will find sacramentalism in places you would have never thought (Cannibalism, Eroticism, Fight Club). In it you develop a picture of a God who is present in His seeming absence, yet unwilling to stay aloof. The God of scripture engages us not through heavenly remoteness, but through the earthy messiness of flesh and blood.

The Scandal of Sacramentality is a solidly academic yet highly readable book that is worth your time.

Take and eat. Raise and drink. Buy and read.
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