Matthew Levering is Associate Professor of Theology at Ave Maria University. His recent publications include Scripture and Metaphysics: Aquinas and the Renewal of Trinitarian Theology (Blackwell, 2004) and Christ’s Fulfillment of Torah and Temple: Salvation According to Thomas Aquinas (2002). He is co-editor of the journal Nova et Vetera.

• Acknowledgments. Introduction: Beyond Eucharistic Idealism.1. The Desire of Israel.2. The Eucharist and Expiatory Sacrifice.3. The Eucharist and the Communion of Charity.4. Transubstantiation.5. The Liturgy of the Eucharist.6. Conclusion: Cruciform Communion.Name Index.Subject Index.

Matthew Levering is Associate Professor of Theology at Ave Maria University. His recent publications include Scripture and Metaphysics: Aquinas and the Renewal of Trinitarian Theology (Blackwell, 2004) and Christ’s Fulfillment of Torah and Temple: Salvation According to Thomas Aquinas (2002). He is co-editor of the journal Nova et Vetera.

• Acknowledgments. Introduction: Beyond Eucharistic Idealism.1. The Desire of Israel.2. The Eucharist and Expiatory Sacrifice.3. The Eucharist and the Communion of Charity.4. Transubstantiation.5. The Liturgy of the Eucharist.6. Conclusion: Cruciform Communion.Name Index.Subject Index.

Matthew Levering is Associate Professor of Theology at Ave Maria University. His recent publications include Scripture and Metaphysics: Aquinas and the Renewal of Trinitarian Theology (Blackwell, 2004) and Christ’s Fulfillment of Torah and Temple: Salvation According to Thomas Aquinas (2002). He is co-editor of the journal Nova et Vetera.

• Acknowledgments. Introduction: Beyond Eucharistic Idealism.1. The Desire of Israel.2. The Eucharist and Expiatory Sacrifice.3. The Eucharist and the Communion of Charity.4. Transubstantiation.5. The Liturgy of the Eucharist.6. Conclusion: Cruciform Communion.Name Index.Subject Index.