RT Article
T1 Aelred of Rievaulx's Relational Anthropology in Socio-Historical and Religious Context
JF The expository times
VO 130
IS 9
SP 385
OP 398
A1 Lee, Sungho
LA English
PB Sage
YR 2019
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1664985158
AB The Cistercian monk, Aelred of Rievaulx, is unique in his emphasis on relationship with others. While Aelred's socio-historical context-that of a twelfth-century Renaissance, Cistercian community, with its increased emphasis on friendship-contributed to his relational anthropology, I argue that Aelred possessed his own relational vision, and out of passionate love was active in pursuing unity between his secular and religious communities, and also with other persons in his communities. This relational vision and action, which is highly consonant with contemporary anthropology, is embedded in the theological anthropology of his writings, where he confirms that the essence of the human being is relational.
K1 Aelred of Rievaulx
K1 Cistercian Community
K1 Friendship
K1 Relational Anthropology
K1 the Twelfth Century Renaissance
DO 10.1177/0014524619831509