Description: One of the urgent questions facing the Catholic Church is how best to celebrate its sacraments. The authors face this problem directly, re-examining the potential of the ritual acts themselves, and offering ideas for enabling the symbols of initiation to speak to the people of God.
Review Quotes: 'Volume One is concerned, in a very comprehensive way, with the various aspects and themes of Christian initiation. Its treatment of this area is well informed and soundly based in sacramental theology, but at the same time is readable and accessible... This attractive and challenging book deserves to be widely read.'