Living spirituality Lux-Sterritt, Laurence. creator text Electronic books. enk Oxford Manchester University Press 2017 monographic eng

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1 online resource (318 p.) Provides the first detailed and interdisciplinary analysis of the English Benedictine communities in exile during the seventeenth century, looking at their lived experiences, emotions and senses in religious life. Cover; English Benedictine nuns in exilein the seventeenth century; Contents; Acknowledgements ; List of abbreviations; Notes on transcription and translation; List of nuns cited ; Brief notes on Benedictine convents in exile; Brief notes on the main archives used; Introduction; 1 The contemplative ideal of dying to the world; 2 When spiritual and secular families overlap; 3 The secular concerns of contemplatives; 4 The missionary spirit of enclosed nuns; 5 Taming worldly emotions and appetites; 6 Divine love, an emotional panacea? 7 What place for the senses in contemplative life?8 Illness, death and beyond: the body as witness; Conclusion; Appendix; Bibliography; Index Laurence Lux-Sterritt. Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references and index. Catholics, English Europe History 17th century Monasticism and religious orders for women Europe History 17th century Benedictine nuns History 17th century RELIGION / Institutions & Organizations BX4277.E5 271/.970942 Lux-Sterritt, Laurence Oxford : Manchester University Press,c2017 9781526110046 1526110040 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1504603 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1504603 EBLCP 170408 20200709060538.0 ocn982018661 eng