For the Life of the World

Sacraments and Orthodoxy

In this book, Alexander Schmemann suggests an approach to the world and life within it, which stems from the liturgical experience of the Orthodox Church. He understands issues such as secularism and Christian culture from the perspective of the unbroken experience of the Church, as revealed and communicated in her worship, in her liturgy—the sacrament of the world, the sacrament of the Kingdom.

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Table of Contents:

Preface
1. The Life of the World
2. The Eucharist
3. The Time of Mission
4. Of Water and the Spirit
5. The Mystery of Love
6. Trampling Down Death by Death
7. And Ye Are Witnesses of these Things
   Appendices
   1. Worship in a Secular Age
   2. Sacrament and Symbol