Family Encouragement and Life Experiences: The Road to the Monastic Life
Twenty-two Cistercian monks from a suburban Atlanta, Georgia monastery participated in ninety-minute personal interviews. The monks were asked specific questions about their families, life experiences, monastic vocations, and prayer lives. They came from diverse family backgrounds and life experienc...
| Published in: | Journal for the sociological integration of religion and society |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2016]
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Journal for the sociological integration of religion and society
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Family of origin
/ Religiosity
/ Religious life
/ Decision
/ Political influencing
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy KBQ North America KCA Monasticism; religious orders KDB Roman Catholic Church |
| Further subjects: | B
MONASTIC life
Cistercian monks
monastic vocations
Roman Catholics
family encouragement
life experiences
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| Summary: | Twenty-two Cistercian monks from a suburban Atlanta, Georgia monastery participated in ninety-minute personal interviews. The monks were asked specific questions about their families, life experiences, monastic vocations, and prayer lives. They came from diverse family backgrounds and life experiences. The main research question that guided this paper was: What role did family encouragement and life experiences play in their road to the monastic life? The overwhelming majority of the monks parents supported their sons monastic vocations. All but two of the monks were raised in Catholic families and most were raised in what they considered to be religious households. Prior to entering the monastery, the monks had been gainfully employed in a variety of occupations and endeavors such as the military, education, retail, construction, the diocesan priesthood, and as a member of a religious order. |
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| ISSN: | 2159-8711 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the sociological integration of religion and society
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