{"product_id":"sacraments-an-interdisciplinary-and-interactive-study-9780814653692","title":"Sacraments: An Interdisciplinary and Interactive Study","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat are the sacraments, really?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor centuries, the religious lives of Catholics and other Christians have revolved around church rituals with generally accepted individual and social effects. What, precisely, are those effects, and how are they produced? Traditional theology used Greek philosophy to understand the sacraments and how they work. But is there no other way to understand them? In fact, there are a number of ways, and this book invites you to look at the sacraments through a variety of lenses: psychology, sociology, anthropology, history, theology, morality, and spirituality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the introduction to this volume challenges, If you read this book, and especially if you engage in the interactive study to which it invites you, your understanding of sacraments will be changed forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo help personalize your investigation, the author has created a web site with thought-provoking questions that encourage you to interact with the ideas being proposed in this volume. To engage these topics more deeply, see \u003cstrong\u003ewww.TheSacraments.org\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eJoseph Martos is author of \u003c\/em\u003eDoors to the Sacred: A Historical Introduction to Sacraments in the Catholic Church\u003cem\u003e, which for more than a quarter of a century has been the most widely read book on the subject. Recently retired from full-time teaching, he has been a visiting professor in universities and theology schools in Canada and Australia as well as around the United States.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Martos\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Glazier Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814653692\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartos, Joseph:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Joseph Martos is author of Doors to the Sacred: A Historical Introduction to Sacraments in the Catholic Church, which for more than a quarter of a century has been the most widely read book on the subject. Recently retired from full-time teaching, he has been a visiting professor in universities and theology schools in Canada and Australia as well as around the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Glazier Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40180700643443,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_fc897f57-fde1-43bc-864d-2b3ec3fdc609.jpg?v=1655472491","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/sacraments-an-interdisciplinary-and-interactive-study-9780814653692","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}