Sacramental Theology: Studies
- Herbert Vorgrimler, Sacramental Theology, trans. Linda M. Maloney (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1992) paperback, $25. Before Vatican II, sacramenta in genere was a fundamental area of theological reflection; since the Council, it has been somewhat overshadowed by so-called liturgical theology. However, this volume, by one of Karl Rahner’s colleagues, offers a fine overview of key issues & doctrines.
- Regis A. Duffy, “Sacraments in General,” pp. 183-210, in Systematic Theology: Roman Catholic Perspectives, ed. Francis Schüssler Fiorenza & John P Galvin (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1991).
- Peter Fink, “Sacramental Theology after Vatican II,” pp. 1107-1114, in A New Dictionary of Sacramental Theology (Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1990).
- Edward Kilmartin, Christian Liturgy: Theology and Practice (Kansas City: Sheed & Ward, 1988).
- Alexandre Ganoczy, An Introduction to Catholic Sacramental Theology (New York: Paulist Press, 1984).
- Kenan B. Osborne, Sacramental Theology: A General Introduction (New York: Paulist Press, 1988) paperback, $10.
- David N. Power, Sacrament: The Language of God’s Giving (New York: Crossroad, 1999) paperback, $25. NEW.
- Karl Rahner, The Church and the Sacraments, Quaestiones disputae 9 (New York: Herder & Herder, 1963). Rahner here explores the idea of the Church as the primordial sacrament.
- Karl Rahner, Theological Investigations, Vol. 4: More Recent Writings (New York: Crossroad, 1966). See his essay “The Theology of the Symbol,” which shatters the old philosophic deadlock opposing the symbolic and the real.
- John P. Schanz, Introduction to the Sacraments (New York: Pueblo, 1983).
- Edward Schillebeeckx, Christ the Sacrament of the Encounter with God, trans. Paul Barrett (New York: Sheed & Ward, 1963). One of the breakthrough theological texts influencing Vatican II.
- Dennis Smolarski, Sacred Mysteries: Sacramental Principles and Liturgical Practice (New York: Paulist Press, 1995)
