Mysterion Seeking Understanding

“This compelling volume asks and answers profound questions about both God’s sacramental nature and how that same sacramentality is the only abiding, Christian way to experience creation. In the process, these dynamic essays challenge us to fulfil our original responsibilities to God’s kingdom by living and believing sacramentally. It is hard to think of a better collection of essays centered upon these urgent issues facing today’s church.”


—Gareth Jones, Charles Sturt University





“The authors of this challenging and provocative collection of essays, coming from different traditions and perspectives, offer a multidimensional understanding of sacrament and sacramentality which serves as a critique and a summons to a new consciousness and way of being in a sacramental world. There is so much in these pages to ‘mark, learn, and inwardly digest,’ and I hope they will be widely read and produce much fruit.”


—Frank T. Griswold, former presiding bishop, Episcopal Church





“Markham and Means-Koss are to be commended for putting together this broad-ranging, ecumenical volume on the real-life repercussions of sacramental faith; exploring from new angles and with new eyes what it means for life and practice that the Word continues to dwell among us. Sometimes provocative. Always thoughtful. Highly recommended.”


—Ryan Nicholas Danker, director, The John Wesley Institute