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| Introduction: A New Crisis for the Sacraments? | p. 3 |
| p. 3 | |
| p. 7 | |
| Clarifications | p. 12 |
| The sacramental crisis and desacralization | p. 12 |
| The sacramental crisis and the younger generation | p. 15 |
| Did Christ Want Sacraments? | p. 21 |
| p. 22 | |
| p. 23 | |
| Clarifications | p. 32 |
| Christian sacraments and the magical outlook | p. 29 |
| First and foremost: a creative community | p. 32 |
| Sacramental intoxication? | p. 34 |
| Sacraments for the community | p. 37 |
| Efficacious for What? | p. 42 |
| p. 42 | |
| p. 45 | |
| p. 47 | |
| p. 48 | |
| Clarifications | p. 53 |
| True efficacy or efficacious truth? | p. 53 |
| Ambiguous efficacies and their sacred parallel | p. 55 |
| The ex opere operato man | p. 59 |
| Other "magics" in Christian life | p. 63 |
| Sacraments That Speak | p. 68 |
| Clarifications | p. 76 |
| Infant baptism: is it still meaningful? | p. 76 |
| Sacraments and societal inflexibility | p. 81 |
| Sacerdotal celibate and human celibate | p. 85 |
| A Community in Dialogue | p. 90 |
| p. 90 | |
| p. 92 | |
| p. 93 | |
| p. 97 | |
| Clarifications | p. 101 |
| The "bank-deposit" approach to education and sacramental administration | p. 101 |
| The "man of the sacraments": a life in crisis | p. 104 |
| The transition from magic to sign | p. 110 |
| Conclusion | p. 115 |
| Appendices | p. 119 |
| Introduction to the Series | p. 121 |
| Pertinent Conciliar Texts | p. 124 |
| A Biblical Tapestry | p. 138 |
| Springboard Questions | p. 151 |
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