The Word In The Desert
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Author | : Douglas Burton-Christie |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 1993-02-04 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0195359410 |
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The growing scholarly attention in recent years to the religious world of late antiquity has focused new attention on the quest for holiness by the strange, compelling, often obscure early Christian monks known as the desert fathers. Yet until now, little attention has been given to one of the most vital dimensions of their spirituality: their astute, penetrating interpretation of Scripture. Rooted in solitude, cultivated in an atmosphere of silence, oriented toward the practical appropriation of the sacred texts, the desert fathers' hermeneutic profoundly shaped every aspect of their lives and became a significant part of their legacy. This book explores the setting within which the early monastic movement emerged, the interpretive process at the center of the desert fathers' quest for holiness, and the intricate patterns of meaning woven into their words and their lives.
Author | : Douglas E. Christie |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 353 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0195083334 |
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Growing scholarly debate in recent years on the religious world of late antiquity has focused new attention on the quest for holiness by early Christian monks known as the desert fathers. This book explores the setting within which their early monastic movement emerged.
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Publisher | : Liturgical Press |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 1975-02-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0879079592 |
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`Give me a word, Father', visitors to early desert monks asked. The responses of these pioneer ascetics were remembered and in the fourth century written down in Coptic, Syriac, Greek, and later Latin. Their Sayings were collected, in this case in the alphabetical order of the monks and nuns who uttered them, and read by generations of Christians as life-giving words that would help readers along the path to salvation.
Author | : Gary Paul Nabhan |
Publisher | : University of Arizona Press |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Gardening |
ISBN | : 9780816510146 |
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Looks at the history and uses of plants of the Sonoran Desert, including creosote, palm trees, mesquite, organpipe cactus, amaranth, chiles, and Devil's claw
Author | : Douglas Burton-Christie |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2023 |
Genre | : Egypt |
ISBN | : 9780197741979 |
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An investigation of the retreat to the desert and the growth of monasticism in 4th-century AD Egypt, which has been recognized as a significant movement of early Christianity. The text focuses on the ways in which the desert saints interpreted and appropriated the Scripture.
Author | : Thomas Merton |
Publisher | : New Directions Publishing |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 1970-01-17 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0811220133 |
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The Wisdom of the Desert was one of Thomas Merton's favorites among his own books—surely because he had hoped to spend his last years as a hermit. The personal tones of the translations, the blend of reverence and humor so characteristic of him, show how deeply Merton identified with the legendary authors of these sayings and parables, the fourth-century Christian Fathers who sought solitude and contemplation in the deserts of the Near East. The hermits of Screte who turned their backs on a corrupt society remarkably like our own had much in common with the Zen masters of China and Japan, and Father Merton made his selection from them with an eye to the kind of impact produced by the Zen mondo.
Author | : Peter H. Gšrg |
Publisher | : Ignatius Press |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 2011-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1586174452 |
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In the late third century, more and more people withdrew to the radical seclusion of the desert so as to live entirely for God under the direction of a spiritual father. Among these Desert Fathers one figure is especially preeminent: Saint Anthony the Hermit. This book takes the reader back to the hour when monasticism was born and describes the life of those revolutionary Christians who sought God in the Egyptian desert. The focus of the book is the life and work of Saint Anthony, whose experiences of the spiritual life have a timeless beauty and validity, even for those not called to live as a monk. The second half of the book presents other Desert Fathers, such as Paul of Thebes, Pachomius, and Simeon Stylites, as well as the great founders of the monastic communities in Western Europe who were inspired by them: John Cassian, Columban, and Benedict, for example.
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Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2003-03-27 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0141907002 |
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The Desert Fathers were the first Christian monks, living in solitude in the deserts of Egypt, Palestine, and Syria. In contrast to the formalised and official theology of the "founding fathers" of the church, the Desert Fathers were ordinary Christians who chose to renounce the world and live lives of celibacy, fasting, vigil, prayer and poverty in direct and simple response to the gospel. Their sayings were first recorded in the 4th century and consist of spiritual advice, anecdotes and parables. The Desert Fathers' teachings and lives have inspired poetry, opera and art, as well as providing spiritual nourishment and a template for monastic life.
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Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : Devotional calendars |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2014 |
Genre | : Apophthegmata Patrum |
ISBN | : 9780881414974 |
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