"Samuel Torvend's Still Hungry at the Feast is a beautifully written primer on the spirituality of living eucharistically; living what we pray and praying what we live. Continuing the work of Monika Hellwig and others, Torvend asks 'who is hungry at the feast?' and proceeds to expand that question into contemporary realities regarding the eucharist as the liturgy of the world in the face of real hunger as well as real capabilities to distribute food equitably. Eschewing the facile trends of the casualness of 'word' and 'meal,' Torvend draws on Scripture, particularly the gospel of Luke, a breadth of early Christian tradition, and his own facility in Lutheran, Anglican, and Roman Catholic theologies and practices to guide his readers towards the reality that every eucharist is a 'mass of creation' rooted in the materiality that God has created and with which we are intimately related. Both generous in breadth and focused in intent, this small book exemplifies the 'economy of grace' in which the author places the eucharist, gift of God and work of human hands. May we take into action the 'economy of grace' at the heart of this writing!" Lizette Larson-Miller Huron University College, University of Western Ontario Author of Sacramentality Renewed: Contemporary Conversations in Sacramental Theology.
Still Hungry at the Feast : Eucharistic Justice in the Midst of Affliction