God And The Gift
Subtitle: An Ecumenical Theology Of Giving (Unitas Books)
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Published: June 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 149
ISBN-13: 9780814630136
Subjects: Christian theology; Religion - Classic Works; Ecumenism; Religion; Religion - Catholicism; Theology; Religion - Theology; Christian Theology - Catholic; Christianity - Theology - General; Christian Theology - General; Christianity; Gifts; Religious aspects
First sentence: During my childhood our family always spent the summer months in a cottage in the Finnish countryside.
Description: "God and the Gift is the first systematic account of the theology of giving, receiving, and the gift. It employs material from the contemporary debate in the humanities (Mauss, Godbout, Derrida, Marion) and ecumenical theology (Lumen Gentium, Catholic-Lutheran Joint Declaration, Anglican-Catholic Gift of Authority, John Milbank, Dorothea Wendebourg, Margaret O'Gara) but is basically an original attempt to build an ecumenical theology of forgiveness, thanksgiving and sacrifice, worship and the Eucharist proceeding from the theme of divine giving/self-giving."--BOOK JACKET.