Commodified Communion: Eucharist, Consumer Culture, and the Practice of Everyday Life. By Antonio Eduardo Alonso. New York: Fordham University Press, 2021. 188 pages. $28.00 (paper).

of Eastern patristic sources, and draws on the finest of liturgical scholarship, this text, between prayer texts and footnotes, is a starting point for further study. In short, it is a helpmate for students who wish to delve more deeply into the subject matter and for the instructor who wishes to teach them. At the center of Eastern Christianity is the liturgy, and this shines through especially in the chapter on worship and spirituality. The core of all liturgical rites is the theology of mysterion (mystery), which lies at the heart of Eastern theology, especially as it is expressed in the celebration of the Eucharist. This theology is profoundly expressed in the final chapter, which also examines numerous liturgical elements of Eastern prayer practices. It ends with a strong reality check for those of the Eastern traditions who seek to live in and with the Western world. How do these traditions continue living while meeting the challenges of migration and changing demographics, while encountering cultural shifts, dialogue, and contemporary challenges? The final gift of the text is that it has set its feet firmly in the real world, just as the communities that continue to pray the rites celebrated in its pages have done. This book makes an excellent text for graduate classes in liturgy, the liturgical rites as listed in the table of contents, and liturgical history. It also lends itself to graduate classes in ecumenical dialogue and spirituality of liturgy.