Benedict Backwards

Reading the Rule in the Twenty-First Century

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

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In Benedict Backwards, Terrence Kardong builds the case that the Rule of Benedict is best read “backwards,” that is, with emphasis on the last chapters, not the first ones. Benedict starts out dependent on the Rule of the Master, but he ends on a much more self-assured note, revealing more about his own thoughts on matters of monastic life. Kardong shows the final chapters of the Rule are primarily about community, and they provide insight into Benedict’s vision for his monks.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2017-03-01
Mått152 x 229 x 5 mm
Vikt201 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor142
FörlagLiturgical Press
ISBN9780814646182

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"The subtitle of Terrence Kardong's brief collection of essays, Reading the Rule in the Twenty-First Century, does not mean that the author writes in emoji. It does mean that this thoroughly American Benedictine scholar, like a high-res audio technician, lets the clear tone of Benedict himself stand out from the many other voices that Benedict allowed to coexist in his sixth-century Rule. Kardong has distilled and presented a lifetime of rigorous scholarship in crisp prose—not lacking, though, verbal emoji winks, grimaces, and shrugs."Mark A. Scott, OCSO, Abbot of New Melleray