From the beginning to baptism :scientific and sacred stories of water, oil, and fire /Linda Gibler ; foreword by David N. Power.
Description
Introduction -- Historical background -- Functional cosmology -- Water -- The natural history of water -- The sacramental story of water -- Water in the baptismal tradition -- Cosmocentric sacramentality and water -- Oil -- The natural history of olive oil -- The sacramental story of olive oil -- Olive oil in the baptismal tradition -- Cosmocentric sacramentality and olive oil -- Fire -- The natural history of fire -- The sacramental story of fire -- Fire in the baptismal tradition -- Cosmocentric sacramentality and fire -- Cosmocentric sacramentality -- Baptism -- Sacramentality.
xxviii, 137 pages ;23 cm