The Eucharist today

This synthesis was created for the specific purpose of bringing together the soundest contemporary writings on the doctrine of the Real Presence, for this doctrine -- in its current denial or distortion -- is at the base of the crisis of faith disturbing priest and layman alike, and its restatement in terms of the times is long overdue. Each essay was selected for this purpose, and each author is master in his own area of competence. Theologians of equally stellar rank share their richest insights in their treatments of speculative, ecclesial, apostolic, mystical and devotional aspects of the doctrine, so that what is in form a well-documented sourcebook becomes in the reading a profound religious experience.