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Community of the Transfiguration : the journey of a new monastic community / Paul R. Dekar ; with a foreword by Phyllis Tickle.

By: Series: New monastic libraryPublisher: Cambridge : Lutterworth, 2008Description: 1 online resource (xxiii, 162 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780718842826
  • 0718842820
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Community of the TransfigurationDDC classification:
  • 255.0099452 22
LOC classification:
  • BV4407.45 .D44 2008eb
Online resources:
Contents:
The new monasticism -- History of Holy Transfiguration Monastery -- Practices of Holy Transfiguration Monastery -- Theology of the resolve -- Why the new monasticism matters -- Appendix: Prayers from HTM.
Summary: In the 1930s, German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer anticipated the restoration of the Church after the coming Second World War through a new kind of monasticism, a way of life of uncompromising adherence to the Sermon on the Mount in imitation of Christ. Since then, the renewal of Christian monasticism has become a great spiritual movement. Imbued with a love for God and neighbor, and with a healthy self-love, people are going to monasteries to deepen their relationship with God, to pray, and to find peace. While some monastic institutions are suffering a decline in traditional vocations, man.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-162).

The new monasticism -- History of Holy Transfiguration Monastery -- Practices of Holy Transfiguration Monastery -- Theology of the resolve -- Why the new monasticism matters -- Appendix: Prayers from HTM.

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In the 1930s, German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer anticipated the restoration of the Church after the coming Second World War through a new kind of monasticism, a way of life of uncompromising adherence to the Sermon on the Mount in imitation of Christ. Since then, the renewal of Christian monasticism has become a great spiritual movement. Imbued with a love for God and neighbor, and with a healthy self-love, people are going to monasteries to deepen their relationship with God, to pray, and to find peace. While some monastic institutions are suffering a decline in traditional vocations, man.

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