The Eucharist and human liberation
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/catalog2866
- Author
- Balasuriya, Tissa, 1924-2013
- Publication Date
- c1979
- Material Type
- Book : Paper
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- Call Number
- BX 2215.2 B33 1979
- Author
- Balasuriya, Tissa, 1924-2013
- Place of Publication
- Maryknoll NY
- Publisher
- Orbis Books
- Publication Date
- c1979
- Physical Description
- xiii, 171 p. ; 20.8 x 13.6 cm.
- Material Type
- Book : Paper
- Notes
- "[By] Tissa Balasuriya, O.M.I."
- "Second printing, November 1980".
- "But even more tragic is the way in which the Eucharist has been domesticated within the dominant social establishments of the day. Its radical demands have been largely neutralized. Its cutting edge has been blunted. Worse still, it has been and is being used as a legitimation of cruel exploitation. .... An agonizing question presents itself to our minds. Why is it that in spite of hundreds of thousands of eucharistic celebrations, Christians continue as selfish as before ? Why have the 'Christian' peoples been the most cruel colonizers of human history ? .... Why is it that persons and people who proclaim eucharistic love and sharing deprive the poor people of the world of food, capital, employment, and even land ? .... The churches have spoken during the last two decades of identification with the poor, but how minimal have been the changes in the church as a whole ! All the same, the deep social commitment of some Christian groups is often inspired by a more meaningful celebration of the Eucharist". -- Preface.
- Contents: Foreword / Leo Nanayakkara, O.S.B., Bishop of Bedulla, Sri Lanka -- Preface / Tissa Balasuriya -- Eucharist as Central to the Christian Community -- The Old Testament Background -- Jesus, the Eucharist, and Human Liberation -- The Cult of the Eucharist Over the Centuries -- The Eucharist in Contemporary Society -- Youth and the Eucharist -- The Eucharist and Socialism -- The Eucharist in Sri Lanka Over the Centuries -- The Eucharist and the Dilemma of Priests -- Renewal of the Eucharist and Human Aspirations -- Liturgy, Cultures, and Religion -- The Radical Mystique of the Lord's Prayer.
- Subjects
- Lord's Supper - Catholic Church
- Liberation theology - Asia
- Christianity and culture - Asia
- Christianity and culture - Catholic Church
- Lord's prayer
- Social justice - Catholic Church
- ISBN
- 0-88344-118-7
- Call Number
- BX 2215.2 B33 1979
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)