Foreword by Francis Schiissler Fiorenza -- xi

Introduction: Practicing Sacramentality in Baptist Modality
Philip E. Thompson -- xvii

Chapter 1
Embodied Grace: Exploring the Sacraments and Sacramentality Christopher J. Ellis -- pg. 1

Chapter 2
‘We have an altar’: A Baptist View of Sacrament and Sacrifice in Hebrews
J. Ramsey Michaels -- pg. 17

Chapter 3
The Sacrament of Fearful Intimacy
Jim Purves -- pg. 30

Chapter 4
The Church as Sacrament: A Mediating Presence
John E. Colwell -- pg. 48

Chapter 5
Re-Thinking a Sacramental View of Baptism and the Lord’s Supper for the Post-Christendom Baptist Church
Michael F. Bird -- pg. 61

Chapter 6
Ambiguous Genitives, Pauline Baptism and Roman Insulae: Resources from Romans to Support Pushing the Boundaries of Unity
Sean F. Winter -- pg. 77

Chapter 7
A Feast for All? Reflecting on Open Communion for the Contemporary Church
Anthony Clarke -- pg. 92

Chapter 8
Penance
Paul Sheppy -- pg. 117

Chapter 9
Can a Baptist Believe in Sacred Space? Some Theological Reflections Graham J. Watts -- pg. 135

Chapter 10
Baptismal Regeneration: Rehabilitating a Lost Dimension of New
Testament Baptism
Anthony R. Cross -- pg. 149

Chapter 11
The Lord's Supper and the Spirituality of C.H. Spurgeon
Peter J. Morden -- pg. 175

Chapter 12
Southern Baptists, Sacramentalism, and Soul Competency
Sean A. White -- pg. 197

Chapter 13
Ex Opere Operato: Re-thinking a Historic Baptist Rejection
Paul S. Fiddes -- pg. 219

Chapter 14
The Sacramentality of the Word in Gregory of Nyssa’s Catechetical Oration: Implications for a Baptist Sacramental Theology
Steven R. Harmon -- pg. 239

Chapter 15
Baptists and Churches of Christ in Search of a Common Theology of Baptism
Stanley K. Fowler -- pg. 254

Index -- pg. 271

This second collection of essays exploring various dimensions of sacramental theology from a Baptist perspective includes biblical, historical, and theological studies from scholars from around the world. Subjects covered are sacraments and sacramentality, sacrament and sacrifice in Hebrews, the sacrament of fearful intimacy, the church as sacrament, baptism and the Lord’s supper for post-Christendom Baptists, Pauline baptism and Roman Insulae. open communion for the contemporary church, penance, sacred space, recovering a biblical understanding of baptismal regeneration, the Lord’s supper and the spirituality of C. H. Spurgeon, Southern Baptist eucharistic sacramentalism and soul competency, re-thinking ex opere operato sacramentalism, the sacramentality of the word in Gregory of Nyssa, and searching for a common theology of baptism between Baptists and the Churches of Christ. This volume does not speak the final word on the subject, but is a step along the way toward the recovery and reconstruction of a rubust sacramentalism in a Baptist modality.