It's A Vet's Life by Cathy Woodman

It's A Vet's Life by Cathy Woodman

This book explores the character of the Eucharist as communion in and through sacrifice. Drawing on Jewish reflection upon the Aqedah (the near-sacrifice of Isaac by Abraham in Genesis), as well as on other critical analyses of sacrifice in Scripture, the book shows that communion is not possible without the reconciliation attained by sacrificial self-giving love. Following the insights of St Thomas Aquinas, the author argues that all aspects of Eucharistic theology, including metaphysical doctrines such as transubstantiation, depend upon recognizing that communion cannot be separated from its sacrificial context.

The book will stimulate discussion because of its controversial critique of the dominant paradigm for Eucharistic theology, its reclamation of St Thomas Aquinas's theology of the Eucharist, and its response to Pope John Paul I's Ecclesia de Eucharistia.

CATHY WOODMAN began her working life as a small animal vet before turning to writing fiction. She won the Harry Bowling First Novel Award in 2002 and is a member of the Romantic Novelists' Association. She is also a sessional lecturer in Animal Management at a local college for land-based industries. Trust Me, I'm a Vetis the first of a series about Talyton St George, a fictional market town in beautiful East Devon where Cathy lived as a child. Cathy now lives with her two children, two ponies, three exuberant Border Terriers and two cats in a village near Winchester, Hampshire.

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ISBN 13	9780750537018
ISBN 10	0750537019
Title	It's A Vet's Life
Author	Cathy Woodman
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Magna Large Print Books
Year published	2012-12-01
Number of pages	432
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