The Spirituality of the Desert
In this article, three relatively recent works of popular spirituality are discussed with a focus on the appropriation of the Apophthegmata Patrum, the sayings of the desert fathers (and mothers). It is shown that such appropriation implies a complex dynamic of breaching and bridging as the critical...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2017
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Religion & theology
Year: 2017, Volume: 24, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 156-179 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KCA Monasticism; religious orders |
| Further subjects: | B
Apophthegmata Patrum
sayings
desert
popular spirituality
appropriation
asceticism
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