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Echoes of the Word: A New Kind of Monk on the Meaning of Life (Voices from the Monastery)

Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

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Discussion around the bestseller The Benedict Option by Rod Dreher has led many people to want to know more about monastic principles. This book by the modern monastic prior Enzo Bianchi gives insight to the monastic life lived by the desert fathers and mothers.
“Abba, give me a word!” So young monks and visitors to desert monasteries would address an elder at the beginning of the 4th century. These seekers believed that a word originating outside oneself would descend into the heart and give direction to one's inner life. Enzo Bianchi has tried to let himself be guided by this tradition . These “words” are not listed alphabetically or by theme. They are arranged to take you on a journey. Through the use of allusions and cross-references, one term evokes another, explains it in part, and sets aside some elements of its definition to be taken up further on. At the heart of the book is the conviction that life has it is not our task to invent or determine that meaning but simply to discover it – present and active – in and around us.

Language: English

Pages: 128

Format: Paperback

Release: January 01, 2013

ISBN 13: 9781612613734

Echoes of the Word: A New Kind of Monk on the Meaning of Life (Voices from the Monastery)

Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

0/5 ( ratings)

Discussion around the bestseller The Benedict Option by Rod Dreher has led many people to want to know more about monastic principles. This book by the modern monastic prior Enzo Bianchi gives insight to the monastic life lived by the desert fathers and mothers.
“Abba, give me a word!” So young monks and visitors to desert monasteries would address an elder at the beginning of the 4th century. These seekers believed that a word originating outside oneself would descend into the heart and give direction to one's inner life. Enzo Bianchi has tried to let himself be guided by this tradition . These “words” are not listed alphabetically or by theme. They are arranged to take you on a journey. Through the use of allusions and cross-references, one term evokes another, explains it in part, and sets aside some elements of its definition to be taken up further on. At the heart of the book is the conviction that life has it is not our task to invent or determine that meaning but simply to discover it – present and active – in and around us.

Language: English

Pages: 128

Format: Paperback

Release: January 01, 2013

ISBN 13: 9781612613734

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