Unity of Spirit

Marsha L. Dutton is the executive editor of Cistercian Publications. Emeritus professor of English at Ohio University, she is the author of many articles and book chapters on a variety of Cistercian subjects. Dutton is also the editor of A Companion to Aelred of Rievaulx (1110–1167) (Brill, 2017), of four volumes of Aelred’s works in translation, and of “Aelred of Rievaulx” and (with Tyler Sergent) “The Cistercians” in the Oxford Bibliographies in Medieval Studies. Her sixteen presentations on Aelred for Schola Cisterciensis appear on YouTube.

• ContentsForeword   viiBernard McGinnAcknowledgments   xvLetters of Appreciation   xviiDom Brendan Freeman, OCSO, and Fr. Luke Anderson, OCistList of Abbreviations   xxiIntroduction   xxv1. William of Saint-Thierry’s Trinitarian Image or Saint Bernard’s Pre-Theological Self?   1Emero Stiegman2. The Prayer of Dom William: A Study and New Translation   21David N. Bell3. A Fresh Look at William of Saint-Thierry’s Excerpts from the Books of Blessed Ambrose on the Song of Songs   37Mark DelCogliano4. Humility and Humiliation in William of Saint-Thierry’s Expositio and Bernard of Clairvaux’s Sermons on the Song of Songs   60Rose Marie Tillisch5. The Way of Descent: The Christology of William of Saint-Thierry   78Aage Rydstrøm-Poulsen6. Western Darkness / Eastern Light: William of Saint-Thierry and the Traditions of Egypt   92Benedicta Ward7. Bernard Made a Covenant with His Eyes: The Saint and His Biographer, William of Saint-Thierry   104James France8. Mediating a Presence: Rhetorical and Narrative Strategies in the Vita Prima Bernardi   117Marjory Lange9. Unitas Spiritus and the Originality of William of Saint-Thierry   144F. Tyler SergentAfterword: Cîteaux at Kalamazoo: Rozanne Elder and the Early Days of the Institute of Cistercian Studies and of Cistercian Publications   171John R. SommerfeldtCurriculum Vitae of E. Rozanne Elder   175Bibliography of the Works of William of Saint-Thierry   185General Bibliography   191List of Contributors   203Index A: Names of Ancient, Biblical, Patristic, and Medieval Figures   206Index B: Names of Post-Medieval Figures   209

Rosanne E. Elder, PhD, introduced William of Saint-Thierry with his profound theology and spirituality to the English-speaking world in a groundbreaking manner. This festschrift bears witness to her past and ongoing dedication to this twelfth-century monastic theologian. The essays in this volume present William, author of the Vita Prima, as an intimate friend of Bernard of Clairvaux. Along with Bernard, William's writings challenge us, today, to engage theology not only academically, but also as a personal spiritual pursuit of deification into the mystery of God through Unity of Spirit. The contributors to this festschrift reveal various dimensions, `treasures,' of William's teaching and inaugurate a vision for further scholarly research and spiritual growth.Abbot Thomas X. Davis, OCSO