Religious communities and monasticism Books
Peeters Publishers Monastic Tradition in Eastern Christianity and
Book SynopsisThis volume's focus is threefold, thus corresponding to its tri-partite topical division: to analyze Eastern monasticism's unique place in the life transforming journey to theosis; Eastern monasticism's hospitality and mutual encounters with culture; and Eastern and Western monasticism's hospitality to Christian and non-Christian religions, including Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam (even though Islam does not have any monastic institution, its adherents have been historically in dialogue with Christian monastics and have the potential to achieve a spiritual affinity with monks of other religious traditions). The three parts of the volume share one unifying argument: monasticism's special call to spiritually symbiotic relationship or impact on the very socio-politic-historic structures of reality. The topics are explored from historical, theological, and literary standpoints. The volume's overall intention is to help make monastic ecumenical engagement or its potential for inter-faith dialogue better known, appreciated, and relevant within inter-religious dialogue.
£77.90
Peeters Publishers In Search of Living Water: Essays on the Mystical
Book SynopsisThe personality of Titus Brandsma is multifaceted: Carmelite, journalist, professor of philosophy and the history of mysticism, Rector magnificus of the University of Nijmegen, ecclesiastical advisor for the press, man of prayer with an intense spiritual life, ecumenical man, heroic witness of faith and humanity in the fires of the concentration camps and in the Lager (camp) of Dachau. Europe in the 1930's was a hotbed of ideologies, radicalism, intense nationalism, fervent cultural and political activity, international tensions, etc. In this context the spiritual and intellectual activity of Father Titus stands out. That is why, in order to understand better the thinking of Titus Brandsma, this volume is very necessary, for, in making contact with his writings on spirituality we also find his thought, his biography, his attitudes, as well as a spiritual and human profile of the author. The reader will become conscious of his/her relation with God.
£43.70
Peeters Publishers Cel en wereld: Kartuizers en boeken in Roermond
Book SynopsisVan de kartuizers zegt men dat zij een speciale en heilige relatie met boek en bibliotheek hebben. Volgens de master narrative onderscheiden de monniken van Bruno zich in de omvang van hun collecties, de zorg voor het boek en de spirituele representatie van beide. Dat iconische verhaal evoceert enkel de handschriftentijd. De ontdekking van de zeldzaam gedetailleerde en meticuleuze bibliotheekcatalogus (1742) van de Roermondse kartuis Bethlehem, maakt het mogelijk de mythe van kartuizer en boek te toetsen. Deze studie, in november 2012 in Nijmegen als proefschrift verdedigd, onderzoekt hoe met de handschriften werd omgesprongen, hoe de ontwikkeling van de bibliotheek ná de vijftiende eeuw verliep, en hoe die ontwikkeling beïnvloed werd door de boekenmarkt. De analyse van het achttiende-eeuwse bibliotheekbeheer toont vervolgens hoe de kartuizers met hun boeken omgingen in een periode die tot nu toe zowel door de wetenschappelijke literatuur als door de bevlogen verhalen veronachtzaamd werd.
£76.00
Peeters Publishers The Carthusians in the Low Countries: Studies in
Book SynopsisMost of the essays gathered in this volume evolved from papers that were delivered at a conference in the former charterhouse Our Lady of Bethlehem in Roermond (1376). This conference was held on the occasion of The Secret of Silence. The Hidden World of the Carthusians of Roermond (27 March – 21 June 2009), an international exhibition that explored the history and spirituality of the Carthusians, highlighting the Order’s outstanding artworks now kept in public and private collections. The current volume explores the history of the Carthusians and their cultural and spiritual heritage in the Low Countries. It presents Carthusian monasticism as a multidimensional phenomenon requiring a multidisciplinary approach that explains the broader historical dimension of the Carthusian Order in relation to its local manifestations, cultural forms, and the centrality of its spirituality.
£64.00
Alpha Edition History of the Little sisters of the poor
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£22.59
Sidestone Press Loss in Translation: The Heritagization of
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£40.00
Independently Published Daily Quotes from Words of the Heart by
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£11.50
Independently Published A Monastic's Lament For His Brother Who Has
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£11.24
