Dominican spirituality : an exploration / Erik Borgman ; translated by John Bowden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Borgman, Erik, 1957-

Language:

Dutch

English

Subjects (All):

Dominicans--Spiritual life.

Dominicans.

Spiritual life.

Physical Description:

ix, 117 ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2001.

Summary:

In this compelling book, Erik Borgman demonstrates how the Dominican Way has something exceptional to offer people of all Christian traditions today, as they cope with the exigencies of the modern world. It is essential reading for all those who have been influenced by the Dominican tradition of intellectual openness and apostolic enterprise.

Contents:

Introduction: Life Today as Religious Life: The renewed importance of a tradition 1

The religious life: a museum piece?

Life today as religious life

Refounding Dominican life

Writing and reading as forms of prayer

1. In the Footsteps of Thecla: Dominican life as religious life for lay people 11

Religious life as a life that brings order

Life as an open book

Belonging to the seekers and questioners

Religious life for lay people

Women in the Dominican movement

The story of Thecla

2. With the Eyes of a Living Soul: Dominican spirituality 24

Dominic

The world as a holy place

A place where the holy gathered together

Lay people discover God's nearness

'Like the apostles'

Equality in the midst of difference

The conversation with the innkeeper

With the eyes of a living soul

3. Teresa's Fury, Catherine's Passion: Contemplation in action 40

Teresa's fury

Courage

Passion out of divine compassion

The touched body, the broken heart

Life as the place of divine presence

God in all, all in God

Contemplata aliis tradere

Against cynicism as a god

4. Like an Antenna: Dominican life as constant prayer 56

Not collecting water, but thirst

In all things longing for a fulfilled life

A good attitude in the midst of everything

Looking expectantly towards God

Constant prayer

Life as an antenna

A mendicant order

5. A Stranger on Earth: Life as a restless quest 71

Contemplation in the midst of movement

As a stranger

A new world

'A voice crying in the wilderness'

A message that belongs to no one

Dwelling in the voice that calls

A thinking heart

A shared eye and ear

Dominican community

Postscript: Dominican: An identity that is not an identity 88

Appendix Dominican Spirituality / Edward Schillebeeckx 92.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [111]-117).

ISBN:

0826456847

OCLC:

48861771