Lizette Larson-Miller holds the Huron-Lawson Chair in Theology at Huron University College, University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada. She has also taught sacramental theology and liturgical studies at Loyola Marymount University, the University of Notre Dame, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, and the Graduate Theological Union. Her educational background includes an undergraduate music degree in conducting, an MA in liturgical studies from Saint John’s University, Collegeville, and a PhD in history and liturgical studies from the GTU. She has written extensively on rites with the sick, dying, and dead, as well as on sacred space, popular religiosity, and contemporary ritual issues. Ordained priest in the Episcopal Church in 2002, she has continued working in various parishes while teaching and is very interested in maintaining the connection between dedicated academic work and its contribution to pastoral ministry.

Larson-Miller’s book will provide opportunities for the discussion of historical details, comparative liturgy, and the fundamentals of sacramental theology with a group of students now ready to recognize the importance of these matters.The Jurist

• ContentsPreface to the Lex Orandi Series   viiIntroduction   xiChapter One: An Overview of the Rites of Pastoral Care of the Sick   1Chapter Two: The Three fold Ritual Center of Anointing of the Sick   21Chapter Three: Theological Questions from the Rite   46Chapter Four:The Contexts of Church and Culture for Pastoral Care of the Sick   88Conclusion   133Index of Documents   138Index of Scripture References   139Index of Proper Names   140Index of Subjects   142

Lizette Larson-Miller holds the Huron-Lawson Chair in Theology at Huron University College, University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada. She has also taught sacramental theology and liturgical studies at Loyola Marymount University, the University of Notre Dame, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, and the Graduate Theological Union. Her educational background includes an undergraduate music degree in conducting, an MA in liturgical studies from Saint John’s University, Collegeville, and a PhD in history and liturgical studies from the GTU. She has written extensively on rites with the sick, dying, and dead, as well as on sacred space, popular religiosity, and contemporary ritual issues. Ordained priest in the Episcopal Church in 2002, she has continued working in various parishes while teaching and is very interested in maintaining the connection between dedicated academic work and its contribution to pastoral ministry.

Larson-Miller’s book will provide opportunities for the discussion of historical details, comparative liturgy, and the fundamentals of sacramental theology with a group of students now ready to recognize the importance of these matters.The Jurist

• ContentsPreface to the Lex Orandi Series   viiIntroduction   xiChapter One: An Overview of the Rites of Pastoral Care of the Sick   1Chapter Two: The Three fold Ritual Center of Anointing of the Sick   21Chapter Three: Theological Questions from the Rite   46Chapter Four:The Contexts of Church and Culture for Pastoral Care of the Sick   88Conclusion   133Index of Documents   138Index of Scripture References   139Index of Proper Names   140Index of Subjects   142

Lizette Larson-Miller holds the Huron-Lawson Chair in Theology at Huron University College, University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, Canada. She has also taught sacramental theology and liturgical studies at Loyola Marymount University, the University of Notre Dame, Church Divinity School of the Pacific, and the Graduate Theological Union. Her educational background includes an undergraduate music degree in conducting, an MA in liturgical studies from Saint John’s University, Collegeville, and a PhD in history and liturgical studies from the GTU. She has written extensively on rites with the sick, dying, and dead, as well as on sacred space, popular religiosity, and contemporary ritual issues. Ordained priest in the Episcopal Church in 2002, she has continued working in various parishes while teaching and is very interested in maintaining the connection between dedicated academic work and its contribution to pastoral ministry.

Larson-Miller’s book will provide opportunities for the discussion of historical details, comparative liturgy, and the fundamentals of sacramental theology with a group of students now ready to recognize the importance of these matters.The Jurist

• ContentsPreface to the Lex Orandi Series   viiIntroduction   xiChapter One: An Overview of the Rites of Pastoral Care of the Sick   1Chapter Two: The Three fold Ritual Center of Anointing of the Sick   21Chapter Three: Theological Questions from the Rite   46Chapter Four:The Contexts of Church and Culture for Pastoral Care of the Sick   88Conclusion   133Index of Documents   138Index of Scripture References   139Index of Proper Names   140Index of Subjects   142