Naming Grace: Preaching and the Sacramental Imagination

While recognizing the great contribution that 20th century theology has made in describing the relation between God and humanity, Mary Catherine Hilkert concentrates her focus on the resources of the "sacramental imagination." This examination shifts the focus from the gap between the divine and the human and the sinfulness of humanity to the grace discovered in everyday life and the word of God entrusted to the entire community of faith.