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This book offers a fresh entrance into the reality of sacramental engagement. The Liturgical Press is to be thanked for publishing this book and other such works by young scholars which encourages their professional development and invites a wide audience to glean insight about current research by the new voices in liturgical studies today.Kevin W. Irwin, Worship With new insight and informed theological rigor, Belcher advances the now decades-long effort to appreciate and promote the human symbolic activity of sacraments as experiences of sharing in the very life of God. True to the wisdom and knowledge she has gleaned from the field of ritual studies, she delves into the particulars of one rite, infant baptism, to demonstrate how its personal, bodily, cultural, communal, and spiritual dynamics make the sacrament such a prevalent and formative practice for the real-life church in its members.Bruce T. Morrill, S.J. Vanderbilt Divinity School A powerful debut of a singularly promising theological voice. Cutting against the separation of ritual studies and sacramental theology, Kimberly Belcher shows how they can be brought together in a compelling synthesis. Even more impressive than the scholarship is the argumentative power of the text. Efficacious Engagement opens up a new line of inquiry beyond Chauvet and illustrates that the field of sacramental theology is vital and generative.Cyril J. O'Regan, Huisking Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame Oelrich's thorough analysis of Congar's insightful writings on ecclesial authority is timely indeed.Michael A. Fahey, SJ, Boston College Anthony Oelrich's book is a brilliant, lucid, and eminently comprehensible treatment of manifold notions of ecclesial authority explored by one of the greatest theologians of recent centuries. Oelrich's analysis will give every reader, whether scholar or student, a rich appreciation of the ways God's authority is communicated to and by the Church.Fr. Robert Christian, OP, Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas (The Angelicum) Anthony Oelrich patiently and clearly explains Congar's theology which has inspired theological and pastoral renewal in the contemporary church, not least through its influence on the documents of Vatican II. Both the center and the periphery-the church's hierarchy and its creative prophets-have much to learn here.Paul Philibert, OP, Translator of Congar's True and False Reform in the Church and author of The Priesthood of the Faithful: Key to a Living Church

Anthony Oelrich patiently and clearly explains Congar's theology which has inspired theological and pastoral renewal in the contemporary church, not least through its influence on the documents of Vatican II. Both the center and the periphery--the church's hierarchy and its creative prophets--have much to learn here.Paul Philibert, OP, Translator of Congar's True and False Reform in the Church and author of The Priesthood of the Faithful: Key to a Living Church

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"Kimberly Hope Belcher is an assistant professor of theology at Saint John's University, where she teaches sacramental theology and ritual studies. She is a member of the North American Academy of Liturgy and writes for the liturgical blog PrayTell. Nathan D. Mitchell, PhD, is Associate Director for Research at the Center for Pastoral Liturgy, University of Notre Dame. Six times a year, he writes ""The Amen Corner"" for Worship. In 1998, the North American Academy of Liturgy presented him with its Berakah Award. Other books by Mitchell that have been published by The Liturgical Press include Cult and Controversy, Mission and Ministry, and Rule of Prayer, Rule of Faith. He also contributed to The Collegeville Pastoral Dictionary of Biblical Theology."

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