Western Monastic Spirituality

Cassian, Caesarius of Arles, and Benedict

AvRoger Haight,Alfred Pach

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

Western Monastic Spirituality presents three authors as individuals, certainly, but also as textual informants who, like road markers, represent a line of the development of a Western monastic spiritual tradition. John Cassian (ca. 360–435) helped bring the wisdom of northern Egyptian ascetical life of the late fourth century to southern France in the early fifth century. Caesarius of Arles (468/470–542), drawing on his own monastic experience and Augustine's monastic rule, composed a rule for a women's monastery in the city of Arles. Not many years later, Benedict wrote the most influential rule in Western monasticism, one that still regulates the lives of monks today all over the world. These three texts, when looked at serially and together, offer a theology of monastic spirituality, an example of a relatively short but comprehensive early monastic rule, and a present day Benedictine interpretation of how Benedict's monastic spirituality can be summed up in a short present day digest of his rule. Reflection on early Western monasticism retrieves some basic Christian spiritual values that should inform life today outside the monastery in a busy, secular culture.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-06-07
Mått:140 x 216 x 9 mm
Vikt:191 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Past Light on Present Life: Theology, Ethics, and Spirituality
Antal sidor:120
Förlag:Fordham University Press
ISBN:9781531502164

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Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Roger Haight (Edited By) Roger Haight, S.J. is a Visiting Professor at Union Theological Seminary in New York. He has written several books in the area of fundamental theology. A graduate of the University of Chicago, he is a past president of the Catholic Theological Society of America.Alfred Pach (Edited By) Alfred Pach III is an Associate Professor of Medical Sciences and Global Health at the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine. He has a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in Madison and an MDiv in Psychology and Religion from Union Theological Seminary.Amanda Avila Kaminski (Edited By) Amanda Avila Kaminski is an Assistant Professor of Theology at Texas Lutheran University, where she also leads the faith, diversity, and culture track in Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship. She has written extensively in this area of Christian spirituality.

Innehållsförteckning

I – Introduction to Western Monasticism 1II – The Texts 21John Cassian: Conference 1.First Conference on Abba Moses 23Caesarius of Arles: The Rule for Nuns 47Saint Benedict: Selected Chapters from The Rule of Saint Benedict 91III – Retrieving Values from Monastic Spirituality for Active Life in Secular Society Today 107Further Reading 125About the Series 127About the Editors 133

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