ABSTRACT
Chauvet's work illustrates the importance of ethical responsibility in relation to Eucharist in a variety of ways. From the perspective of the social sciences, his appeal to Levi-Strauss's scheme of cognition-recognition-praxis and Mauss's analysis of gift exchange supports his commitment to upholding the interconnectedness of scripture, sacrament, and ethics in the Christian tradition. Post-conciliar sacramental theology has especially been concerned with the relationship between ethics and sacraments. Chauvet shares with many other contemporary sacramental theologians a desire to rebut an account of the sacraments that understands their effect to be primarily orientated towards individual salvation. The emphasis on eschatology in the Eucharistic prayer is found in more ancient variations of the anaphora. The classical Eastern anaphoras go so far as to incite an acute apocalyptic consciousness. Both Chauvet and Ross recognize the potential sacramental dimension of physicality when the activity of care-giving imitates the example set by Jesus in the Gospel of John.
