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Too much theology, too little anthropology and cultural history in this otherwise competent survey. Martos examines transubstantiation, consubstantiation, transignification, and other Eucharistic subtleties, but neglects the psychological implications of eating one's God, the immense folklore that has grown up around it, its relation to the Eleusinian mysteries, Mithraic banquets, etc. He opens each chapter on the in…