Missionary monks : an introduction to the history and theology of missionary monasticism / Edward L. Smither ; foreword by Thomas O'Loughlin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smither, Edward L., author.

Contributor:

O'Loughlin, Thomas, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monasticism and religious orders--History.

Monasticism and religious orders.

Monastic and religious life--History.

Monastic and religious life.

Missions--History.

Missions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (204 pages)

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, 2016.

Summary:

Missionaries go into all the world and make disciples of all nations, while monks live cloistered in a monastery and focus their lives on prayer and studying Scripture -- correct? Not exactly. When we study the history of Christian mission, especially from around 500 to 1500 CE, the key missionaries that we constantly encounter are monks. In fact, if we don't have monks in this period then we have very little in the way of Christian mission. Our aim in this book is to examine the phenomenon of missionary monks -- those who pursued both a monastic and missionary calling. We will meet the monks and monastic orders, narrate their journeys in mission, and evaluate their approaches to and thoughts about mission.

Contents:

Early Christian mission

Rise of monasticism

Basil of Caesarea

Martin of Tours

Patrick of Ireland

Celtic monks

Gregory the Great and Augustine of Canterbury

Willibrord and Boniface

Anskar

Cyril and Methodius

Church of the East

The mendicants

The Jesuits

Toward a monastic theology of mission

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 7, 2017).

ISBN:

1-4982-2417-2