{"product_id":"rite-and-man","title":"Rite and Man","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Louis Bouyer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe beliefs and practices of Christianit\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ey\u003c\/b\u003e find their source, not in man, but in God. Yet God was made man; he pitched his tent amongst his own creatures. And only with his Incarnation does he establish his Church and all its attendant, human practices. In \u003ci\u003eRite and Man: The Sense of the Sacred and Christian Liturgy\u003c\/i\u003e, Louis Bouyer seeks to make these apparently abstract truths concrete. Aided by fresh insights from the fields of comparative religion and depth psychology, Bouyer examines the “anthropological antecedents” of the Christian ritual, with the express intention of bringing new and profuse light on both the humanity and divinity of Christianity. For “the more perfectly we know the human aspects of Christianity, the more perfectly we shall understand that part of it which is the result of divine intervention.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eA rite is the typical human action, inasmuch as it is connected with the word as the expression and realization of man in the world, and to the degree that this expression and realization are immediately and fundamentally religious. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003e(\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLouis Bouyer)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eDiscussing the commonalities between the pagan mysteries and the Christian liturgy; the relationship between language and ritual; the nature of sacrifice and sacrament; the continuity of the Word from myth to Gospel; and the realities of sacred space and time—\u003ci\u003eRite and Man\u003c\/i\u003e offers an expansive and fascinating consideration of Christian sacramental realism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e* * *\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLouis Bouyer\u003c\/b\u003e (1913–2004) was a member of the French Oratory and one of the most respected and visionary Catholic scholars and theologians of his time. Formerly a Lutheran minister, he entered the Catholic Church in 1939. Bouyer wrote over fifty works, including \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/clunymedia.com\/products\/the-bible-and-the-gospel\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Bible and the Gospel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/clunymedia.com\/products\/christian-initiation\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Initiation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/clunymedia.com\/products\/the-paschal-mystery\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Paschal Mystery\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 244pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-168591344\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100035277167,"sku":"978-1685951344","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0970\/5337\/6879\/files\/ProductImages_5.5x8.5--731.jpg?v=1781124752","url":"https:\/\/www.heavenlychristiangifts.com\/products\/rite-and-man","provider":"Heavenly Christian Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}