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Taylor & Francis Ltd Greek Monasticism in Southern Italy
Book SynopsisThis volume was conceived with the double aim of providing a background and a further context for the new Dumbarton Oaks English translation of the Life of St Neilos from Rossano, founder of the monastery of Grottaferrata near Rome in 1004. Reflecting this double aim, the volume is divided into two parts. Part I, entitled Italo-Greek Monasticism, builds the background to the Life of Neilos by taking several multi-disciplinary approaches to the geographical area, history and literature of the region denoted as Southern Italy. Part II, entitled The Life of St Neilos, offers close analyses of the text of Neilos's hagiography from socio-historical, textual, and contextual perspectives. Together, the two parts provide a solid introduction and offer in-depth studies with original outcomes and wide-ranging bibliographies. Using monasticism as a connecting thread between the various zones and St Neilos as the figure who walked over mountains aTable of ContentsIntroduction Barbara Crostini Part I: Italo-Greek Monasticism 1. Monastic Spirituality of the Italo-Greek Monks David Hester 2. Italo-Greek Monastic Typika Cristina Torre 3. Greek Monasticism in Campania and Latium from the Tenth to the Fifteenth Century Vera von Falkenhausen 4. Art and Architecture for Byzantine Monks in Calabria: Sources, Monuments, Paintings and Objects (Ninth to Thirteenth Centuries) Lorenzo Riccardi 5. Family Hagiography and Christian Resistance in the Tenth Century: The Bioi of Sabas, Christopher and Makarios Adele Cilento 6. Historical Echoes in Italo-Greek Hagiographies of the Norman Age Gioacchino Strano 7. Monastic Interactions Between Calabria and Mount Athos in the Middle Ages Enrico Morini 8. Nicholas-Nektarios of Otranto: A Greek Monk Under Roman Obedience Claudio Schiano Part II: The Life of St. Neilos 9. Neighbors: Jews and Judaism in the Life of St. Neilos the Younger Giancarlo Lacerenza 10. Calabria and the Muslims During Saint Neilos’s Lifetime Alessandro Vanoli 11. "Ceramiclast" in the Bios of St Neilos Raymond Capra 12. The Homosexual Background Attributed to a Textual Gap in the Life of St Neilos from Rossano: A Re-Evaluation Andrea Luzzi 13. East Meets West, West Meets East?: Constructing Difference in First Life of St Adalbert and in the Life of St Neilos David Kalhous 14. Neilos the Younger and Benedict: The Greek Hymns Composed by Neilos in Campania Annick Peters-Custot 15. Neilos’s Long-Lasting Marks on Grottaferrata’s Identity Ines Angeli Murzaku 16. St. Bartholomew of Grottaferrata Between Tradition and Innovation Angela Prinzi
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Cambridge University Press Virtuosity Charisma and Social Order
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Cambridge University Press Durham Priory 14001450 6 Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought Third Series Series Number 6
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Cambridge University Press The Early Humiliati
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Cambridge University Press The Intellectual Foundations of the English Benedictine Reform
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Cambridge University Press The Monastic Order in Yorkshire 1069 1215
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Cambridge University Press The Politics of Ritual Kinship
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Cambridge University Press Buddhist Monk Buddhist Layman A Study of Urban Monastic Organization in Central Thailand 6 Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology Series Number 6
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to the Cistercian Order Cambridge Companions to Religion
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Cambridge University Press The Monks and Monasteries of Constantinople CA. 350 850
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Cambridge University Press Runaway Religious in Medieval England c12401540 32 Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought Fourth Series Series Number 32
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Cambridge University Press John of Wales A Study of the Works and Ideas of a ThirteenthCentury Friar 10 Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought Fourth Series Series Number 10
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Cambridge University Press Early Franciscan Government
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Cambridge University Press The Monastic Order in England A History of its Development from the Times of St Dunstan to the Fourth Lateran Council 9401216
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Cambridge University Press The Intellectual Foundations of the English Benedictine Reform 25 Cambridge Studies in AngloSaxon England Series Number 25
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Cambridge University Press The Early Humiliati 43 Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought Fourth Series Series Number 43
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Cambridge University Press The Politics of Ritual Kinship
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Cambridge University Press Nuns Chronicles and Convent Culture in Renaissance and CounterReformation Italy
Book SynopsisThis well-illustrated and innovative book analyses convent culture in sixteenth-century Italy through the medium of three unpublished nuns' chronicles, using a comparative methodology of 'connected differences' to examine their intellectual and imaginative achievement, and to investigate how they fashioned and preserved individual and convent identities by writing chronicles.Trade Review'… splendid in its objectivity, allowing its primary sources to speak for themselves … Professor Lowe is much to be commended on the thoroughness of her study. This is historical writing at its best: focused, colourful, vibrant.' Art Newspaper'K. J. P. Lowe's Nun's Chronicles and Convent Culture in Renaissance and Counter-Reformation Italy is a truly impressive work that reflects the wide range and depth of its author's knowledge of Renaissance and Counter-Reformation Italian culture. Lowe does a fine job of bringing these neglected writings to life, and into a context which invites further imaginative engagement with these nun's lives.' Reformation' … important and richly nuanced …'. Journal of Ecclesiastical HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. History Writing and Authorship: 1. The creation of chronicles: contents and appearance; 2. The authors of the chronicles; Part II. Historical and Cultural Context: 3. The convents and physical space; 4. Nuns and convent communities; 5. Rules and traditions; Part III. Chronicles and the Culture of Convent Identity: 6. The chronicles and ceremonial life; 7. Cultural creativity and cultural production; 8. Convents and art; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press Monastic Life in AngloSaxon England c. 600900
Book SynopsisThis major 2006 history of English monasticism explores the history of the Church between the conversion to Christianity in the sixth century and a monastic revival in the tenth. Sarah Foot argues that historians have been wrong to see minsters in the light of ideals of Benedictine monasticism.Trade Review'A beautifully structured and magisterial treatment of a major subject in early medieval English history by the outstanding early medieval historian of her generation.' Professor Nicholas Brooks, University of Birmingham'Lucidly written, attractively illustrated, magisterially argued, and beautifully produced, this book shows not only what early Anglo-Saxon ministers did, but also gives persuasive answers to the question: why did people adopt this particular form of religious life?' Church Times'Required reading for anyone interested in Anglo-Saxon religious life before the tenth-century Benedictine reforms … a handsome volume.' The American Historical Review'A truly outstanding book, which will undoubtedly become a standard text on the subject.' History'I wish this book had been published 50 years ago, when I was about to embark on my postgraduate career. … Now, Foot's study of the early Church, with its rethinking of what monasterium means and its putting of the reform movement (and its 'ideological literature') into perspective, gives us a freer hand to evaluate the church buildings on their archaeological merits without constantly looking over our shoulders at Dunstan and Co.' Journal of Medieval Archaeology'Well written, clearly organised and carefully researched, this volume offers much to anyone interested in the spread, nature and role of early medieval monasticism in England and beyond, and in the character of society in general in this complex period.' The Journal and Report of the Medieval Settlement Research Group'After setting out her aims and approaches with clarity, Foot begins by looking at 'the ideal minister' as imagined in sources from the period … The book makes a strong argument for diversity and variety in the monastic life of earlier Anglo-Saxon England and offers an authoritative yet accessible survey of this complex subject.' Medium AevumTable of Contents1. Introduction: situating the problem; 2. The ideal minster; Part I. Within the Walls: 3. The making of minsters; 4. The minster community; 5. Daily life within the minster; Part II. Without the Walls: 6. Dependencies, affinities, clusters; 7. Minsters in the world; Coda; 8. Horizons; Bibliography.
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Cambridge University Press The Monks and Monasteries of Constantinople CA. 350 850
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Cambridge University Press The Trial of the Templars Canto Classics
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Cambridge University Press Monastic Life in AngloSaxon England c.600900
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Cambridge University Press Silence and Sign Language in Medieval Monasticism The Cluniac Tradition c9001200 68 Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought Fourth Series Series Number 68
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Cambridge University Press Monastic Economies in Late Antique Egypt and Palestine
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Cambridge University Press The Making of the Monastic Community of Fulda c.744c.900
Book SynopsisThe monastic community of Fulda was one of the most powerful institutions in early medieval Europe. Tracing its development from its foundation in the 740s over 150 years, this interdisciplinary study presents a vivid picture of life in this monastery and also in early medieval religious communities in general.Trade Review'Raaijmakers's meticulous study is of interest for graduate students and scholars interested in early medieval religion, the history of monasticism, or the complex relationships between religious institutions and the wider world.' Owen M. Phelan, Religious Studies ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The early years: Boniface; 2. After Boniface's death: from familia to institution; 3. Baugulf: the cultivation of learning, land and the church; 4. Ratger: church and conflict; 5. Eigil: new unity; 6. Hrabanus I: reform and record; 7. Hrabanus II: sins, saints and the stability of the realm; 8. Royal power and monastic prayer; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press The Monks of Westminster Being a Register of the Brethren of the Convent from the Time of the Confessor to the Dissolution Cambridge Library Collection Medieval History
Book SynopsisFor this 1916 work, Archdeacon E. H. Pearce searched through the extensive muniments of Westminster Abbey to provide a list of all the known members of the monastic community until the Dissolution. Over 700 individuals are included, with all the information about them available to the author. While the list is not complete, and the use of other sources would add additional names for the early period, Pearce completed a remarkable achievement. Westminster was a substantial foundation, with an average community of 47 for the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. About half of these, who held some office or function, are naturally better documented than ordinary monks. Scholarship was evidently valued by the abbey, although the majority of the writings evidenced were on the history of the community rather than theological or literary works. Some monks were supported at Oxford, but little is known of the education offered to the remainder.Table of Contents1. Preface; 2. Introduction; 3. Register of monks; 4. Lists of abbots, priors and obedientiaries; 5. Apendix; 6. Index of monks; 7. General index.
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Cambridge University Press Monastic Education in Late Antiquity
Book SynopsisBased on a close rereading of material and textual remains, this volume challenges the interpretation of early Christian monasticism as a movement of anti-intellectual rustics. The various chapters explore how teaching was rooted in classical rhetoric, and examine practices that align with philosophical models of ancient education.Table of ContentsPart I. The Language of Education: 1. Early monasticism and the concept of a 'School' Samuel Rubenson; 2. Translating paideia: education in the Greek and Latin versions of the Life of Anthony Peter Gemeinhardt; 3. Paideia, piety and power: Emperors and Monks in Socrates' Church History Andreas Westergren; Part II. Elementary Education and Literacy: 4. The Educational and Cultural Background of Egyptian Monks Roger Bagnall; 5. 'Excavating the Excavations' of early monastic education Lillian I. Larsen; 6. Homer and Menandri Sententiae in Upper Egyptian monastic settings Anastasia Maravela; Part III. Grammar and Rhetoric: 7. The school of Didymus the blind in the light of the Tura find Blossom Stefaniw; 8. Affecting rhetoric: the adoption of Ethopoeia in Evagrius of Pontus' ascetic program Ellen Muehlberger; 9. Classical education in sixth century Coptic monasticism: the example of Rufus of Shotep Mark Sheridan; Part IV. Philosophy: 10. The virtue of being uneducated: attitudes towards classical paideia in early monasticism and ancient philosophy Henrik Rydell Johnsén; 11. Plato between school and cell: biography and competition in the fifth-century philosophical field Arthur Urbano; 12. Pythagorean traditions in Early Christian asceticism Daniele Pevarello; Part V. Manuscript and Literary Production: 13. Textual fluidity and authorial revision: the case of Cassian and Palladius Britt Dahlman; 14. Production, distribution, and ownership of books in the monasteries of Upper Egypt: the evidence of the Nag Hammadi Colophons Hugo Lundhaug and Lance Jenott; 15. Greek thought, Arabic culture: approaching the Arabic recensions of the Apophthegmata Patrum Jason Zaborowski.
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The University of Chicago Press A Monastery in Time The Making of Mongolian
Book SynopsisDescribes the life of a Mongolian Buddhist monastery - the Mergen Monastery in Inner Mongolia - from inside its walls. From the Qing occupation of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through the Cultural Revolution, the authors tell a story of religious formation, suppression, and survival over a history that spans three centuries.Trade Review"A Monastery in Time is a tremendously original product of almost fifteen years of painstaking scholarship. Caroline Humphrey and Hurelbaatar Ujeed combine an ethnography of a particular site, the Mergen Monastery in Inner Mongolia, with a theoretically informed description of what a tradition - the Mongolian Buddhist tradition or any tradition - actually is. The results are impressive both for the theory and for the ethnography of an important but little-known religious community." (Christopher P. Atwood, Indiana University)"
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The Catholic University of America Press Restoration of the Monastery of Saint Martin of
Book SynopsisAn English translation of this significant account which tells the story of the chain of events leading to the restoration of the abandoned monastery of St. Martin's by its one-time abbot Herman of Tournai.
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Liturgical Press The Benedictine Handbook
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Liturgical Press Benedictine Daily Prayer
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Anyone who desires to pray Christian daily prayer offices will welcome this fresh revision of Benedictine Daily Prayer. Much easier to use with less turning of pages, a generous selection of psalmody, additional readings from patristic sources for all three years, arranged in two-week cycles-all these features make this a more accessible and rich resource for a wide ecumenical company of prayer. Indispensable to daily spiritual practice." Don E. Saliers, Cannon Professor of Theology and Liturgy, Emeritus, Theologian-in-Residence, Emory University"Everything you need to pray the monastic Liturgy of the Hours is here between two covers. If you are traveling, praying alone, or simply looking for patristic readings to enrich your lectio, this book will satisfy. It is both user-friendly and rich in resources. The Press has given us a truly liturgical treasure." Irene Nowell, OSB, Mount Saint Scholastica, Atchison, Kansas"Benedictine Prayer offers a resource for a Benedictine way of praying the hours which draws on both a rich tradition and on a lengthy experience of responding to pastoral needs since the 1940's. It will be particularly suitable for those who wish to pray the office outside the monastery but it will also be a helpful resource for any monastic communities who work to re-shape their own celebrations of the Work of God."Columba McCann, Ecclesia orans"I loved this breviary. The jewel of the hours in this prayer book is Vigils. Indeed, this is a great prayer book."Mark Plaiss, Cistercian Studies Quarterly“This magnificent edition is an indispensable resource. A rare resource for everyday prayer.”Catholic Media Association
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University of Hawai'i Press Unsui Diary of Zen Monastic Life
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Quest Books,U.S. Questions from the City Answers from the Forest
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Quest Books,U.S. The Templars and the Grail Knights of the Quest
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St Michael's Abbey Press A Sacrifice of Praise
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St Michael's Abbey Press On the Religious Life
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Orbis Books (USA) Thomas Merton: Essential Writings
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Orbis Books (USA) The Thomas Merton Encyclopedia
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Orbis Books (USA) Cold War Letters
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Orbis Books (USA) Martyr of the Amazon: The Life of Sister Dorothy
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Messenger Publications Counsels of the Holy Spirit: A Reading of St
Book SynopsisMany books have already been written on spiritual counselling, especially in the Ignatian tradition. But very few consider how Ignatius gave spiritual advice in his letters, directed to various and specific situations. If God really leads us in our spiritual journey, as Ignatius believed, what is the role of the spiritual adviser? What part is played by the numerous rules given in the Spiritual Exercises? The letters show that Ignatius really wanted to give scope to his correspondents and to their awareness of the work of the Holy Spirit within them. Ignatius deployed a “Pedagogy of Consolation” in which his correspondents were trained to exercise their own spiritual agency by discovering God’s abundant gifts. It was clear to Ignatius that a counselling relationship was first grounded in God’s freedom but also in the freedom of the person who asks for assistance. In six chapters, Patrick C. Goujon focuses on eight letters. He offers a careful reading which emphasizes what makes giving spiritual help possible in a conversation. We are shown how Ignatius deals with decision-making and with obstacles in the spiritual life. He is also revealed giving encouragement and correction and advising about how to offer these to others. His aim is to help people grow in freedom which, in turn, permits them to live according to God’s will. Through his letters, we are allowed to enter not only Ignatius’s study, the famous camerata in Rome, but also into his heart. “This volume is an excellent introduction to the letters of Ignatius of Loyola (…) making it an important scholarly contribution not only for those interested in Ignatian spirituality, but also for those interested in the history of spirituality more broadly”, Mark Rotsaert, ARSITrade Review‘Anyone interested in Ignatian spirituality will read this book – it is challenging and transforming. Your life will be changed in reading this book.’ -- Eileen Quinn Knight * Catholic Profiles *‘This is a delightful and welcome addition to Ignatian literature. It will enrich the reader with a greater knowledge and love of Ignatius.’ -- Denis Blackledge SJ * Catholic South West newspaper *'ANYONE with an interest in understanding more about Ignatian spirituality may find this scholarly exploration of St Ignatius's letters helpful.' -- William Scholes * The Irish News *‘an excellent introduction to the teachings and spirituality of St Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits’ -- Ruadhán Jones * The Irish Catholic *'an excellent theoretical background to read the letters of Ignatius... Goujon provides interpretative keys that can be effectively employed in various situations that need counsel ...' * Archivum Historicum Societatis Iesu *'...clear, well-structured and practical...to be recommended, especially for spiritual directors and those training in this important ministry.' * The Furrow *
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Parallax Press Healing: A Woman's Journey from Doctor to Nun
Book SynopsisThis extraordinary story takes the reader from the rice fields of Vietnam to the peaceful surrounding of Thich Nhat Hanh’s monastery in Plum Village where Sister Dang Nghiem took refuge. There she gained a deep understanding of the Buddhist teachings of mindfulness forged in the fire of her own life experience. Ordained as a nun by Thich Nhat Hanh, who gave her the name "Dang Nghiem," (adornment with nondiscrimination) Healing shows how the insights gained by her personal experiences now enable Sister Dang Nghiem to become a support and resource for others. With humor, insight, and an irrepressible sense of joy, Sister Dang Nghiem story demonstrates how one woman’s unique path can provide clarity and guidance for everyone.Foreword by Thich Nhat Hanh
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ATF Press The Church in China
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Brepols N.V. Religious and Laity in Western Europe, 1000-1400:
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Brepols N.V. Women in the Medieval Monastic World
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Brepols N.V. Life and Death at a Nubian Monastery: The
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Harrassowitz Voices from Dabra Zamaddo: Acts of Abba
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Schwabe Verlagsgruppe Aufklarung Uber Religion: Literarische
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