Let Every Soul Be Jesus’ Guest: A Theology of the Open Table - Softcover

Stamm, Mark W.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0687493838 ISBN 13: 9780687493838

Publisher: Abingdon Press, 2006

Synopsis

A historical and theological defense of the practice of open communion in The United Methodist Church and elsewhere.

This Holy Mystery: A United Methodist Understanding of Holy Communion, adopted by the 2004 General Conference, made two commitments: first, to the historic norm of reserving Communion to the baptized and, second, to the insistence that United Methodists will turn no one away from the Table. The church made a wise choice, claims Mark Stamm, but one that raises questions and requires further reflection. Stamm engages in that reflection around the category of liturgical exception: a decision to affirm the ancient practice of the church while also choosing to set it aside for prophetic and pastoral reasons. The result is a book that will help United Methodists and others fulfill their calling to practice Holy Communion both as an expression of costly discipleship and as an invitation to relationship with the Risen One.

About this title

About the Author

Mark W. Stamm is Assistant Professor of Christian Worship at Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX.

Edition details

• Publisher: Abingdon Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0687493838
• ISBN 13: 9780687493838
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 223