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Western Monasticism

A History of the Monastic Movement in the Latin Church

  • Paperback
  • 463 pages
  • Publisher: Liturgical Press
  • 14 x 21.6 x 2.8 cm

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Christians have been drawn to monastic life nearly as long as Christianity has existed. Dedicating themselves to prayer, meditation, and good works, men and women in many diverse times and places have been willing to abstain from marriage, sexual relations, and personal ownership to serve God singlemindedly. In this overview of the Latin tradition, Peter King, emeritus senior lecturer of medieval history at Saint Andrew's University, leads readers quickly but deftly along the rugged monastic road from late antique Egypt to the present day, passing through spectacular expansion in medieval Europe, dissolution during the Reformation, retrenchment at the Counter Reformation, condemnation during the Enlightenment, destruction at the hands of revolutionaries, refoundation and new vigor during the nineteenth and the ecumenical twentieth centuries.
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  • Author

    Peter King

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Liturgical Press

  • Published

    November 1999

  • Weight

    613g

  • Page Count

    463

  • Dimensions

    14 x 21.6 x 2.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9780879077853

  • ISBN-10

    0879077859

  • Eden Code

    1197791

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