Joseph A. Grassi (1922–2010)
Auteur van Broken Bread and Broken Bodies: The Lord's Supper and World Hunger
Over de Auteur
Joseph A. Grassi is a professor of religion at Santa Clara University. His numerous published books include the popular Changing the World Within: The Dynamics of Personal and Spiritual Growth.
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Broken Bread and Broken Bodies: The Lord's Supper and World Hunger (1985) 49 exemplaren, 2 besprekingen
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1922-11-04
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2010-12-09
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Pacifica, California, USA
- Opleiding
- Pontifical Biblical Institute (licentiate)
Manhattan College (BA) - Beroepen
- Professor of Religious Studies
- Organisaties
- Roman Catholic Church
Santa Clara University
Skip-A-Meal Hunger Program
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The purpose of this book is to point out how a deep understanding of and
participation in the Eucharist can mobilize effective individual and community
action to start a great miracale of sharing that will lead to the end of
hunger. It shows how a meaningful celebration of the Supper of the Lord can
lead to political and social action to eliminate poverty and oppression - the
root causes of world hunger.
participation in the Eucharist can mobilize effective individual and community
action to start a great miracale of sharing that will lead to the end of
hunger. It shows how a meaningful celebration of the Supper of the Lord can
lead to political and social action to eliminate poverty and oppression - the
root causes of world hunger.
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year, and the 500 million who suffer from acute hunger and severe malnutrition. The Lord’s Supper, or Eucharist, becomes the focus of the
solution to the problem. Broken bread is symbolic of Christ’s last meal with his disciples, and of His own broken body on the cross. In this, it has sacramental meaning. But, as Professor Grassi leads the reader through a Bible study and historical sketch of the social and political times of Jesus,
one comes to understand the breaking of bread as a literal sharing of food, a
call to feed the hungry.… (meer)