Cloister and community : life within a Carmelite monastery / Mary Jo Weaver.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weaver, Mary Jo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teresa, of Avila, Saint, 1515-1582.

Teresa.

Carmelites of Indianapolis--History.

Carmelites of Indianapolis.

Carmelite Nuns--History.

Carmelite Nuns.

History.

Physical Description:

xi, 113 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2002]

Summary:

Cloister and Community is both a history of the Carmelite monastery of Indianapolis and an introduction to the Carmelites, a contemplative order of Roman Catholicism, founded in the 13th century and rededicated as a reform movement for women religious in the 16th century by Teresa of Avila. A key element of the order is that its nuns live an ascetic, cloistered life, but as Mary Jo Weaver demonstrates, the view that one must "leave the world" to find sacred space apart from it has evolved to embrace the notion that the world itself is a sacred space.

Weaver focuses on a modern Indianapolis community and describes how the sisters incorporate Carmelite belief and practice into their daily lives. Cloister and Community is a beautifully written and handsomely produced book that offers readers a privileged view of the world of present-day contemplative spirituality.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0253341841

OCLC:

49277418