Seeking in solitude
Subtitle: a study of select forms of eremitic life and practice
By: Bernadette McNary-Zak
Series: Princeton theological monograph series -- 210; Princeton theological monograph series -- 210.
Publisher: Pickwick Publications
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Eugene, Oregon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 150
ISBN-13: 9781606089699
Copyright date: 2014
Subjects: Eremitic life; Spiritual life; Catholic Church; Asceticism
Description: Seeking in Solitude examines select forms of contemporary Roman Catholic eremitic life and practice in the United States. Given the sustained presence of, and increased interest in, the eremitic life and practice, this book responds to the question of the place of the hermit in American Catholicism in a way that neither mystifies nor mythologizes it, but rather attempts to understand it. (back cover).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 139-150).
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The threefold good: the Camaldolese Congregation; title: Remembering in silence: the American Carthusians; title: Contemplation in solitude: the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance; title: A listening presence: the hermits of Bethlehem in the heart of Jesus; title: Framing a worldview in solitude; title: Conclusion.