RT Book T1 Understanding the consecrated life in Canada: critical essays on contemporary trends T2 Studies in religion / Editions SR JF Studies in religion / Editions SR A2 Zuidema, Jason 1978- LA English LA French PP Waterloo, Ontario, Canada PB Wilfrid Laurier University Press YR 2015 UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/852461909 AB "In four parts, this book presents essays in both English and French from the leading scholars on religious life in Canada that seek to address the state of religious communities dedicated to religious virtuosity normally characterized by formal promises of chastity, poverty, and obedience. The essays examine a broad range of topics related to the general state of consecrated (or "religious" or "monastic") life in contemporary Canadian Christian and Buddhist traditions."-- NO Includes bibliographical references and index CN BL2530.C3 SN 1-77112-137-8 SN 978-1-77112-137-8 K1 Canada : Religious life and customs K1 Aufsatzsammlung