"Bryan Spinks's book is an outstanding new manual on the historical
development of the Eucharist. It is excellent not only because it
connects liturgical texts and rituals with Eucharistic theologies, but
also because of its wide range, varying from the New Testament data to
current practice in East and West; from the early Anaphoras to
present-day Dutch Table Prayers and internet liturgies; and from the
ancient Ethio-Eritrean tradition to contemporaneous Pentecostalism.
Bryan Spinks displays great scholarship, investigating the primary
sources in many regions, languages, and eras. This will be a 'classic',
a standard work on Eucharistic liturgies and theologies for many years
to come." Prof. Dr. Basilius J. Groen, University of Graz, Austria