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Engaging Benedict : what the rule can teach us today / Laura Swan.

By: Publisher: Notre Dame, Indiana : Christian Classics, [2005]Copyright date: ©2005Description: 188 pages ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780870612329
  • 0870612328
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Contents:
Benedict and the monastic tradition -- Benedict's good monastic -- Until it soaks into my bones : Benedict on prayer -- In the heart of community : Benedict on obedience -- Humility : contemporary considerations -- Benedict's ladder of Humility re-considered -- Lenten considerations -- Holy week pilgrimage -- Hospitality and the prophetic -- Justice.
Review: "Nearly fifteen centuries ago, Benedict of Nursia wrote a rule for Christians who wanted to live, work, and pray together in community. With its core values of contemplation, hospitality, and simplicity, the Rule remains as useful and fresh today as it was when Benedict created it in Italy those many centuries ago. But the Rule is not without its difficulties in contemporary practice. Author Laura Swan, a Benedictine sister, looks at the Rule with a critical eye, seeking to unpack those parts that are problematic and to uncover gems that support the yearnings of today's seekers. She takes the obstacles that women and young people find in the Rule, and offers insights that resonate with their experience and are still faithful to the challenge of the Rule. Readers will discover that Benedict's wisdom can shed much light on their own lives. By wrestling with the Rule, and taking it seriously, Laura Swan offers readers guidance on many difficult and painful questions"--Page 4 of cover.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Main Collection John Kinder Theological Library BX3004.Z5 SWA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A42339782

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-188).

Benedict and the monastic tradition -- Benedict's good monastic -- Until it soaks into my bones : Benedict on prayer -- In the heart of community : Benedict on obedience -- Humility : contemporary considerations -- Benedict's ladder of Humility re-considered -- Lenten considerations -- Holy week pilgrimage -- Hospitality and the prophetic -- Justice.

"Nearly fifteen centuries ago, Benedict of Nursia wrote a rule for Christians who wanted to live, work, and pray together in community. With its core values of contemplation, hospitality, and simplicity, the Rule remains as useful and fresh today as it was when Benedict created it in Italy those many centuries ago. But the Rule is not without its difficulties in contemporary practice. Author Laura Swan, a Benedictine sister, looks at the Rule with a critical eye, seeking to unpack those parts that are problematic and to uncover gems that support the yearnings of today's seekers. She takes the obstacles that women and young people find in the Rule, and offers insights that resonate with their experience and are still faithful to the challenge of the Rule. Readers will discover that Benedict's wisdom can shed much light on their own lives. By wrestling with the Rule, and taking it seriously, Laura Swan offers readers guidance on many difficult and painful questions"--Page 4 of cover.

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