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This accessible history of monasticism recovers the riches of the monastic tradition for contemporary spiritual formation and devotional practice.

Table of Contents
Contents

Introduction: The Monastic Impulse
Part I: Anthony to Benedict
1. The Origins of Christian Monasticism
2. Of Anchorites and Cenobites
3. The Rule
Part II: Benedict to Bernard
4. The Flowering of Benedictine Monasticism
5. Other Voices: Celtic, Frankish, and Eastern Monasticism
6. Challenges of Christendom
7. The Road to Reform
Part III: Bernard to Luther
8. The Cistercians, Carthusians, and Other Reforming Orders
9. Regular Canons, Hospitallers, and the Military Orders
10. The Friars
11. Decline or Development? Lay Piety and Religious Life in the Late Medieval Era
Part IV: Luther to Merton
12. The Reformers and Counter-Reformers
13. Protestants and Monasticism after the Reformation
14. Continuing Roman Catholic Monastic Practice
Epilogue: Monasticism Today and Tomorrow

The Story of Monasticism Retrieving an Ancient

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      Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
      Publication Date: 18/08/2015
      ISBN13: 9780801048913, 978-0801048913
      ISBN10: 0801048915
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This accessible history of monasticism recovers the riches of the monastic tradition for contemporary spiritual formation and devotional practice.

      Table of Contents
      Contents

      Introduction: The Monastic Impulse
      Part I: Anthony to Benedict
      1. The Origins of Christian Monasticism
      2. Of Anchorites and Cenobites
      3. The Rule
      Part II: Benedict to Bernard
      4. The Flowering of Benedictine Monasticism
      5. Other Voices: Celtic, Frankish, and Eastern Monasticism
      6. Challenges of Christendom
      7. The Road to Reform
      Part III: Bernard to Luther
      8. The Cistercians, Carthusians, and Other Reforming Orders
      9. Regular Canons, Hospitallers, and the Military Orders
      10. The Friars
      11. Decline or Development? Lay Piety and Religious Life in the Late Medieval Era
      Part IV: Luther to Merton
      12. The Reformers and Counter-Reformers
      13. Protestants and Monasticism after the Reformation
      14. Continuing Roman Catholic Monastic Practice
      Epilogue: Monasticism Today and Tomorrow

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