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The vow of stability

By Irvine, Richard D. G.

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The vow of stability

By Irvine, Richard D. G.

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Though monastic life is often imagined to be a flight from the world, Benedictine monks take on the intense social commitment of life in close community. Drawing on long-term anthropological fieldwork in a Catholic English Benedictine monastery, The vow of stability: An ethnography of monastic life traces the monks' daily lives as they confront the eternal in the fabric of the everyday.
Bringing into focus the vow of stability - a lifelong commitment to the monastery and its community - this ethnography explores the rhythms and architecture that sustain shared life in a world of movement and fleeting interaction. At the same time, it analyses those social processes that damage and undermine the monastic institution and those in contact with it - in particular the harm caused by sexual abuse.
Engaging with the everyday dynamics of life in close community while paying close attention to the time-depth of monastic history, this is a study of how religious institutions endure and change through generations.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
272
Release Date:
2025-05-20
Publication Date:
2025-05-20
Publisher:
Scottish Universities Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1917341083
ISBN13:
9781917341080
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
468 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
16 cm
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