The Brotherhood of the Common Life and its influence - Ross Fuller
KORTE INHOUD
This book presents a lost tradition of inner work, the way of the householder, which was believed by the Brotherhood of Common Life to have been the teaching of the Apostles. It focuses on the emergence, amidst the decay of medieval culture, of the mixed life, this reconciliation of action and contemplation, as the essential link between Catholic spirituality and Protestantism. The transmission of this work to lay persons seeking the interior dimensions of their lives without withdrawing from the world is presented. The hitherto monastic spiritual exercises for strengthening attention are discussed in depth. The traditional and vital Christian knowledge of the human condition, which the Brothers and Sisters verified for themselves, is emphasized, especially the crucial significance of the force of attention in the recollection of oneself and God. The importance of strengthening attentive awareness is everywhere alluded to in the sources, but virtually ignored in current accounts of the Christian heritage. T...
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1995Uitgever: State University of New York Press353 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0791422445ISBN-13: 9780791422441Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Paperback. xxii,354 pp.; 23x15 cm. " Suny Series in Western Esoteric Traditions " Text in English - Fine condition, see picture 500 [Auteur: Fuller, Ross.] [Uitgever: Sate University of New York Press] [Jaar: 1995] [Titel: The Brotherhood of the Common Life and Its Influence.]
