The Oxford handbook of Christian monasticism / edited by Bernice M. Kaczynski.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kaczynski, Bernice M., editor.

Series:

Oxford handbooks online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monasticism and religious orders.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (752 pages) : illustrations.

Other Title:

Handbook of Christian monasticism

Christian monasticism

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The Handbook takes as its subject the complex phenomenon of Christian monasticism. It addresses the multiple strands of Christian monastic practice. 44 essays consider historical and thematic aspects of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Protestant, and Anglican traditions, as well as contemporary 'new monasticism'. The essays span a period of nearly 2000 years - from late ancient times, through the medieval and early modern eras, on to the present day. Taken together, they offer, not a narrative survey, but rather a map of the vast terrain. The authors are a diverse and international group, who bring a wide range of critical perspectives to bear on pertinent themes and issues.

Contents:

The Early Mendicants / Frances Andrews

Observant Reform in the Late Middle Ages / Kathryne Beebe

Monastic Interreligious Dialogue / Fabrice Blée

Monastic Art, Sacred Space, and the Mediation of Religious Experience / Thomas E. A. Dale

Archaeological Evidence for the Study of Early Monasticism / Stephen J. Davis

Asceticism before Monasticism: What the First Monks Owed to the Early Christian Churches / Richard Finn OP

Monasticism in the Byzantine Empire / Peter Hatlie

Russia (988 to 1917) / Scott M. Kenworthy

The Eastern Traditions Today: Russian and Romanian Orthodox / Scott M. Kenworthy

Landscape, Land Use, and the Environment / Richard Oram

Prayer / Rachel Fulton Brown

Monasteries, Society, Economy, and the State in the Byzantine Empire / Kostis Smyrlis

Monasticism in the Oriental Orthodox Churches / Samuel Rubenson

Holy Men and Women of the Desert / David Brakke

The Archaeology of Monastic Households / Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom

Monasticism in Early Ireland / Westley Follett

Friendship, Family, and Community / Julian P. Haseldine

Sickness and Healing / Peregrine Horden

Spirituality and Prayer in the Eastern Traditions / Andrew Louth

The United States / Margaret M. McGuinness

Monastic Narrative Practices / Katherine Allen Smith

The Benedictines / Scott G. Bruce

The Literature of Early Western Monasticism / Columba Stewart OSB

The Anglican Tradition / Adam D. McCoy OHC

The Literature of Early Eastern Monasticism / Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony

The Eastern Traditions Today: Greek Orthodox / Chrysostom Koutloumousianos

The Dissolution of the Monasteries: England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales / James G. Clark

The Architecture of the Ascetic Body / Lynda L. Coon

Latin America / Bonar L. Hernández

Asia / Matteo Nicolini-Zani

Religious Women: Secular Canonesses and Beguines / Sigrid Hirbodian

Early Modern France / Daniel-Odon Hurel

The Military Orders: Templars and Hospitallers / Jochen Burgtorf

Early Modern Germany / Edeltraud Klueting

The Protestant Tradition / Inge Mager

The Early Atlantic World / Dominique Deslandres

Africa South of the Sahara / Catherine Higgs

Early Modern Italy and Spain / Elizabeth A. Lehfeldt

Introduction. Towards a New Monastic History / Bernice M. Kaczynski

Contemporary Monasticism: Challenges and Opportunities / Michael Casey OCSO

The 'New Monasticism' / Douglas E. Christie, Bernadette Flanagan

The Cistercians / Anne E. Lester

Lectio Divina: Opening to God's Word / Gregory J. Polan OSB

Musical and Liturgical Practice / James Grier.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 1, 2020).

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9780191839900

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.