Beyond the Body: An Antitheology of the Eucharist

The Eucharist has become the central act of Christian life and worship. Unresolved disagreements about it however remain as obstacles to religious unity and to developing a eucharistic spirituality adapted to the unpredictable standards of a deconstructed critically driven postmodern age. Beginning with a reassessment of medieval realist doctrines of the Eucharist Beyond the Body argues that the real meaning of the Words of Institution is their use in fulfilling the Last Supper command of Jesus ...See More