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The Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick
Contributor(s): Larson-Miller, Lizette (Author)
ISBN: 0814625231     ISBN-13: 9780814625231
Publisher: Liturgical Press
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Product Type: Paperback
Published: October 2005
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Annotation: The ritual Pastoral Care of the Sick offers the church a wealth of assistance in visiting and praying with the sick, in facilitating services of Communion, and in tailoring the sacramental rites of anointing and Viaticum to meet the particular circumstances of each individual illness and journey into death. The Anointing of the Sick is a theological introduction to the rite and focuses on the heart of the whole spectrum of pastoral care of the sick. Lizette Larson-Miller explores the sacrament of the anointing of the sick and the crucial role played by a biblical text from the Letter of James in reconstructing a rite for the sick rather than only for the dying. She looks at the central sacramental ideas surrounding the anointing of the sick that emerge from the three primary actions: the prayer of faith, the laying on of hands, and the anointing with the blessed oil. Chapters are "An Overview of the Rites of Pastoral Care of the Sick," "The Threefold Ritual Center of Anointing of the Sick," "Theological Questions from the Rite," and "The Contexts of Church and Culture for Pastoral Care of the Sick."
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Living - Inspirational
- Religion | Christian Rituals & Practice - General
- Religion | Christian Ministry - Counseling & Recovery
Dewey: 264.020
LCCN: 2005004998
Series: Lex Orandi
Physical Information: 0.36" H x 5.9" W x 9.32" (0.51 lbs) 168 pages
Themes:
- Religious Orientation - Catholic
- Religious Orientation - Christian
- Theometrics - Catholic
 
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2006 Catholic Press Association Award Winner!

The ritual Pastoral Care of the Sick offers the church a wealth of assistance in visiting and praying with the sick, in facilitating services of Communion, and in tailoring the sacramental rites of anointing and Viaticum to meet the particular circumstances of each individual illness and journey into death. Anointing of the Sick is a theological introduction to the rite and focuses on the whole spectrum of pastoral care of the sick.


Lizette Larson-Miller explores the sacrament of the anointing of the sick and the crucial role played by a biblical text from the Letter of James in reconstructing a rite for the sick rather than only for the dying. She looks at the central sacramental ideas surrounding the anointing of the sick that emerge from the three primary actions: the prayer of faith, the laying on of hands, and the anointing with the blessed oil.


Chapters are An Overview of the Rites of Pastoral Care of the Sick, The Threefold Ritual Center of Anointing of the Sick, Theological Questions from the Rite, and The Contexts of Church and Culture for Pastoral Care of the Sick.


Contributor Bio(s): Larson-Miller, Lizette: - Lizette Larson-Miller holds the Huron-Lawson Chair in Theology at Huron University College, University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada. She has also taught sacramental theology and liturgical studies at Loyola Marymount University, the University of Notre Dame, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, and the Graduate Theological Union. Her educational background includes an undergraduate music degree in conducting, an MA in liturgical studies from Saint John's University, Collegeville, and a PhD in history and liturgical studies from the GTU. She has written extensively on rites with the sick, dying, and dead, as well as on sacred space, popular religiosity, and contemporary ritual issues. Ordained priest in the Episcopal Church in 2002, she has continued working in various parishes while teaching and is very interested in maintaining the connection between dedicated academic work and its contribution to pastoral ministry.