Why Church? the idea for a cookbook

the idea for a cookbook was born

balanced wisdom that has nourished and guided innumerable Christians for nearly fifteen centuries

“Mary has been for me the most ambivalent

In this beautifully illustrated book

All eucharistic readings edited for liturgical use from the Revised Standard Version translation of the Bible

Why Church? the idea for a cookbookAn argument for the centrality of the Eucharistic church in an increasingly tribal world. As Western culture has secularized, the church has increasingly become marginalized and is seen as providing support and optional resources, rather than indispensable to the Christian life. In this volume, theologian Scott Cowdell argues for a recovery of the church as the proper context for Christian faith, life, and mission. In Why Church? Cowdell considers how