Thomas O’Loughlin 
Eating Together, Becoming One [EPUB ebook] 
Taking Up Pope Francis’s Call to Theologians

Contents
Preface ix
Introduction: A Problem for Pastors and Theologians xi
1. Why This Book Now? 1
2. The Grammar of Meals 21
3. Pray My Sisters and Brothers 33
4. Fictive Families—Real Churches: The Spirit and Intercommunion 47
5. The Ecumenical Meal of Mission 59
6. Building upon Baptism 71
7. The Eucharist and the Pilgrims’ Journey 85
8. A Theology of Divine Acceptance 103
9. Gathered as an Easter People 113
10. The Phenomenon of Conflicting Theologies 125
11. Where Do We Need to Go from Here? 141
Conclusion: Non-Catholics at the Table—Now or Never? 153
Bibliography 159
Index of Scripture 165
Index of Subjects 169

Thomas O’Loughlin is professor of historical theology at the University of Nottingham, UK. He uses the tools of the historian to look afresh at how we ask and answer theological problems. O’Loughlin was elected president of the Catholic Theological Association of Great Britain in 2016. He is the author of The Rites and Wrongs of Liturgy: Why Good Liturgy Matters and Washing Feet: Imitating the Example of Jesus in Liturgy Today, both from Liturgical Press.