TY - BOOK AU - Dekar,Paul R. TI - Community of the Transfiguration: the journey of a new monastic community T2 - New monastic library SN - 9780718842826 AV - BV4407.45 .D44 2008eb U1 - 255.0099452 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Cambridge PB - Lutterworth KW - Community of the Transfiguration (Breakwater, Vic.) KW - History KW - Religious communities KW - Australia KW - Victoria KW - Monasticism and religious orders KW - Monastic and religious life KW - Spiritual life KW - Baptists KW - RELIGION / Institutions & Organizations KW - bisacsh KW - Community of the Transfiguration KW - Religious communities -- Australia -- Victoria KW - ARCHITECTURE / Buildings / Religious KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=803706 ER -