Living Sacramentally in a Political World: Towards a Sacramental Political Ontology
Following de Lubac's famous adage "the Eucharist makes the Church", sacramental theology can be depicted as the political theology of the Church. While the article develops such a political reading of sacramentality in a first step, it demonstrates in a second step how the postmodern...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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| In: |
Concilium
Year: 2025, Issue: 2, Pages: 41-49 |
| Further subjects: | B
Theology
B Church B Lord's Supper B Natural Theology B Political Theology B Religious Organizations B Sacraments |
| Summary: | Following de Lubac's famous adage "the Eucharist makes the Church", sacramental theology can be depicted as the political theology of the Church. While the article develops such a political reading of sacramentality in a first step, it demonstrates in a second step how the postmodern condition leads to a non-foundational relecture of both sacramentality and the political. On this basis, it then outlines a possible theo-political sacramental ontology for our present condition, drawing on current developments in natural theology as a way to interpret sacramentality, both politically and ontologically. |
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| ISSN: | 0010-5236 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Concilium
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