text: Christianity is a profoundly, radically social enterprise.   Jesus recognized the centrality of the temple in the religious experience of the people to whom he ministered, which is why he was there "day after day" (Mk. 14:49 and parallels) teaching and preaching.  Likewise, the parish is the hub of the Christian experience for most people -- the locus of teaching, preaching and celebrating Word and Sacrament as nourishment for living the Christian life. I think Father Senior's book will be a great help to parish ministers, ordained and laypersons alike.