Prayer and thought in monastic tradition

Description:

A chronological picture of the development of monastic thought and prayer from the early English Church (Bede, Adomnan) through to the 17th century and William Law's religious community at King's Cliffe. Essays interact with different facets of monastic life, assessing the development and contribution of figures such as Boniface, the Venerable Bede, Anselm of Canterbury and Bernard of Clairvaux.

subjects: Mönchtum,  Gebet,  Ordensleben,  Prayer,  Christianity,  Religion,  Spiritual life,  Spirituelle Theologie,  Monastic and religious life