Christian Belief About the Bible and the Holy Spirit in Relation to Psychological Type
Lay Cistercian groups in the United States were surveyed to determine why members have pursued monastic spirituality and to assess how they incorporate monastic principles/values and practices into their lives. Members who grew up religious were asked to discuss what that experience meant for them a...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2006
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| In: |
Research in the social scientific study of religion
Year: 2006, Volume: 16, Pages: 1-16 |
| Further subjects: | B
Social sciences
B Religion & Gesellschaft |
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| Summary: | Lay Cistercian groups in the United States were surveyed to determine why members have pursued monastic spirituality and to assess how they incorporate monastic principles/values and practices into their lives. Members who grew up religious were asked to discuss what that experience meant for them and in what ways it influenced their choice of monastic spirituality. Members who did not grow up religious were asked what influenced them to seek out monastic spirituality. The majority of members pursued monastic spirituality because of a need for a deeper sense of spirituality in their lives. Faith, prayer, and conversatio were the monastic principles/values most often incorporated into their spiritual lives. Reception of the Eucharist, annual retreat, silence, solitude, and contemplation were the monastic practices most often incorporated into their spiritual lives. Growing up religious provided a solid foundation for their choice of monastic spirituality, and the impression left by monks influenced those who did not grow up religious in their choice of monastic spirituality. Monastic spirituality is meeting a need that local churches and parishes are often unable or unwilling to fulfill. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Research in the social scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789047417675_005 |