"...A powerful, articulate, and, indeed, creative essay in sacra- mental theology..."

"...One of the best books I have read for a long time...It is very simple and really good, and I suggest that every novice read it twice-or at least once."

-Thomas Merton

"This is one of the best introductions to the sacraments, and not simply to the "Eastern" view of them. If you have not read it...by all means do so now."

Leonel L. Mitchell

The Anglican

In For the Life of the World Alexander Schmemann suggests an approach to the world and man's life in it that stems from the liturgical experience of the Orthodox Church. Issues such as sec- ularism and Christian culture are viewed from the perspective of the unbroken experience of the Church as revealed and commu- nicated in her worship, in her liturgy-the sacrament of the world, the sacrament of the Kingdom