A Time for Embracing: Reclaiming Reconciliation [Paperback] Upton, Julia

Upton, Julia

ISBN 10: 0814623735 / ISBN 13: 9780814623732

Published by The Liturgical Press, 1999

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Nice book. One page has underlining. Cover has light edge wear.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Time for Embracing: Reclaiming Reconciliation [Paperback] Upton, Julia
• Publisher: The Liturgical Press
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0814623735
• ISBN 13: 9780814623732
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 7 ounces

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Synopsis

Has sacramental reconciliation disappeared from the horizon of Catholic practice? Has "confession" been extinguished from your practice of the faith? Have you noticed a marked change in the way in which you have become reconciled to God and the Church community over the course of time? These questions and others are addressed in Julia Upton's study of sacramental reconciliation. Her concern is that the sacrament of reconciliation - through which the darkness of sin is illumined by the healing light of Christ's forgiveness - is an endangered species. In sacramental reconciliation the sinner experiences the tender, healing, welcoming embrace of God, which is what Upton regards as endangered. Upton's is a holistic approach to sacramental reconciliation that involves studying data from anthropology, psychology, and sociology, and integrating that with data from Scripture, history, and theology.

About the Author

Julia Upton, RSM, is a member of the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas. She holds a doctorate in theology from Fordham University and is professor in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at St. John's University (NY), where she currently serves as university provost.