Anamnesis As Dangerous Memory Book

	Acknowledgments	ix
	Introduction	xi
Chapter 1	The Promise and Challenges in the Renewal of the Eucharistic Liturgy	1
	The Council's Vision for the Liturgy in the Church	1
	Evaluating Post-Conciliar Liturgical Practice	5
	An Invitation to Theological Investigation	16
Chapter 2	Johann Baptist Metz's Political Theology of the Subject	19
	Introduction	19
	Theological Critique of Middle-Class Religion	21
	From Evolutionary World View to Dangerous Memory	26
	The Christology of Imitation	34
Mysticism I	Apocalyptic Eschatology	40
Mysticism II	Prayer	50
Mysticism III	Symbols and Sacramental Ritual	57
	Conclusion: Points for Dialogue with Liturgical Theology	62
Chapter 3	Alexander Schmemann's Liturgical Theology: Joyous, Thankful Remembrance of the Kingdom of God	73
	Introduction	73
	The Contemporary Christian Crisis	77
	Christian Liturgy: Its Basis, Content, and Function	87
	The Liturgy of Time: Time Made "Eschatologically Transparent"	92
	The Interruption and Intensification of Time	100
	Eschatological Symbolism: Remembrance of the Kingdom of God	108
	The Transformative Vision of Joy	115
	Christian Mission in the World: But What Mission?	122
Chapter 4	Christian Memory: Anamnesis of Christ Jesus	139
	Introduction	139
	Memory at the Center of the Practice of Faith	139
	Memory at the Origins of Christianity	146
	Christian Memory in the New Testament	146
	Commemoration in Jewish Tradition	149
	Practices of Remembering in the Apostolic Communities	155
	Eucharistic Anamnesis	163
	Priority Among the Church's Commemorative Practices	163
	Analysis of the Anamnesis Rubric in the New Testament	166
	Time of the Church: Christ's Presence in Remembrance	180
	Conclusion: Proclamation and Imitation	186
Chapter 5	Conclusion	189
	Practical Knowledge Borne by an Anticipatory Memory	189
	Anamnesis and Eschatology	194
	Anamnesis as Promise	194
	Maranatha!	197
	Urgent Expectation	198
	Future Judgement, Present Transformation	201
	Theological Implications in Liturgical Practice	205
	Index of Names	213
	Index of Subjects	216