Sacrifice and Community

This book explores the character of the Eucharist as communion inand through sacrifice. It will stimulate discussion because of itscontroversial critique of the dominant paradigm for Eucharistictheology, its reclamation of St Thomas Aquinas's theology ofthe Eucharist, and its response to Pope John Paul II'sEcclesia de Eucharistia. * * Argues that the Eucharist cannot be separated from sacrifice,and rediscovers the biblical connections between sacrifice andcommunion. * * Timed to coincide with the Year of the Eucharist, proclaimed byPope John Paul II. * * Reclaims the riches of St Thomas Aquinas's theology ofthe Eucharist, which had recently been reduced to a metaphysicaldefence of transubstantiation.