Recovering the Love Feast: Broadening Our Eucharistic Celebrations

Synopsis

The History Of The Love Feast. Setting The Table : The Banquet In Antiquity -- Sharing The Supper : The Love Feast In The New Testament -- Extending Hospitality : The Love Feast Before Constantine -- Over-spiritualizing The Meal : The Decline Of The Love Feast -- Reclaiming The Feast : Historical Recoveries Of The Love Feast -- Celebrating The Love Feast Today. Formed To Submit : The Relationship Between Feetwashing And Submission -- Formed To Love : Eating With One Another, Strangers, And Even Enemies -- Formed To Confess : Reclaiming A Broad Understanding Of Confession -- Formed To Reconcile : Experiencing Reconciliation With God And One Another -- Formed To Give Thanks : Past, Present, And Future -- Conclusion : Embodying Submission, Love, Confession, Reconciliation, And Thanksgiving. Paul Fike Stutzman ; [foreword By Eleanor Kreider]. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 255-265) And Indexes.