Baptismal Ecclesiology and the Order of Christian Funerals (c) 21019 encourages a deeper appreciation of life in the Body of Christ that begins with Baptism and continues after death,. Author Rev. Stephen S. Wilbricht, CSC contends that such an appreciation will help the baptized realize their commitment to attend to the dead with prayer and accompanying the grieving. His text both explores the Church's theology of Baptism and death and offers pastoral suggestions to parishes. Rev. Wilbrecht, CSC,, STD, is an associate professor in the de3partment of religious studies at Stonehill College in Easton, MA. He is the author of The Role of the Priest in Christian Initation (LTP, 2017) and Rehearsing God's Just Kingdom: The Eucharistic Vision of Mark Searle (Lit. Press, 2013).