Cloister and Community
Life within a Carmelite Monastery
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Word Count
32,000 words, Guess
Page Count
128 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archivecloistercommunit00mary
- ISBN-100253341841
- ISBN-139780253341846
- Goodreads2299864
- LibraryThing445480
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- Library of Congress Control Number2002003326
- Better World Books9780253341846
- Open LibraryOL9663874M
Classifications
- LCCBX4324.I53 W43 2002
- LCCBX4324.I53W43 2002
Description
Cloister and Community is both a history of the Carmelite monastery of Indianapolis and an introduction to the Carmelites, a contemplative order of Roman Catholicism, founded in the 13th century and rededicated as a reform movement for religious women in the 16th century by Teresa of Avila. A key element of the order is that its nuns live an ascetic, cloistered life, but as Mary Jo Weaver demonstrates, the view that one must "leave the world" to find sacred space apart from it has evolved to embrace the notion that the world itself is sacred space. Weaver focuses on a modern Indianapolis community and describes how the sisters incorporate Carmelite belief and practice into their daily lives. Cloister and Community is a beautifully written and handsomely produced book that offers readers a privileged view of the world of present-day contemplative spirituality.
First Sentence
This chapter sets the foundation for the concept of sacred space, and for an understanding of Carmelite history.
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