Legacy of the founders : from monks to missionaries / Nicki Verploegen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vandergrift, Nicki Verploegen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Monastic and religious life.

Catholic Church--Missions--History.

Catholic Church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 134 pages)

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, [2011]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book explores how four distinct types of spirituality evolved in Christianity over the centuries as a response to various needs in different eras. These all became "schools" of spiritual formation. This book introduces monasticism, mendicancy, apostolic ministry, and missionary life as umbrella categories out of which many religious communities formed. It explores thirteen of these different communities, introducing you to the founders and the original fire that moved each of them to create something new. This book provides historical background and explores the rich legacy of the founders of each of these communities. It vibrantly shows how the story of the church as a whole has been enriched and blessed by these feisty, controversial, and saintly sages whose radical choice to follow the Spirit led them into new terrain and resulted in the emergence of a diversity of forms of spiritual lifestyles.

Contents:

Introduction: Schools of spirituality in the Christian tradition

Part 1. Monastic spirituality: Augustinian spirituality : hearts aflame for the Trinity; Benedictine spirituality: Christian monastic origins; Cistercians, Trappists, and Trapistines: contemplatives in community

Part 2. Mendicant spirituality: Franciscan spirituality: mendicants as friars minores; Dominican spirituality: friars preachers of the truth; Carmelite spirituality: a mendicant and mystical style

Part 3. Ministerial and active apostolic spirituality: Ignatian spirituality: spirituality in a world of action; Redemptorist spirituality: preachers to the populace; Salesian spirituality: living the compassion of Jesus in society; Marist spirituality: a Marian missionary style

Part 4. Missionary spirituality: Spirituality of the Spiritans: missionaries and educators to the poor and abandoned; Maryknoll spirituality: missionaries of presence and purpose; Spirituality of the Society of African Missions: dedication to Africa.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781498274661

1498274668