1st Edition
Exploring New Monastic Communities The (Re)invention of Tradition
By Stefania Palmisano
Copyright 2016
206 Pages
by
Routledge
206 Pages
by
Routledge
206 Pages
by
Routledge
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Examining the recent radical re-invention of monastic tradition in the everyday life of New Monastic Communities, Exploring New Monastic Communities considers how, growing up in the wake of Vatican II, new Catholic communities are renewing monastic life by emphasizing the most innovative and disruptive theological aspects which they identify in the Council. Despite freely adopting and adapting... Read more
Introduction: Italian new monasticism; Packing our bags: a conceptual model for studying NMCs; Journeying among new Piedmontese monastic communities; Success in the monastery: origins and consequences; Between ‘pretenders’ and ‘heirs’: the (re)invention of tradition in new monasticism; Ambiguous legitimacy: the episcopal test for NMCs; Key insights and future challenges; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Stefania Palmisano is Associate Professor; Department of Cultures, Politics and Society, University of Turin, Italy
’Exploring with subtlety the nebula of the new Catholic monastic communities, Stefania Palmisano offers a very penetrating insight into the innovative richness of present attempts to reinvent monasticism as an integral Christian style of life, made compatible with the contemporary culture of the individual.’ Danièle Hervieu-Léger, Ecole des Hautes Etudes, Paris, France ’Richly descriptive and theoretically astute, this study shines light on a fascinating set of religious experiments. Far from disappearing into the mists of history, monastic communities are being reinvented, and Palmisano rightly challenges us to pay attention.’ Nancy T. Ammerman, Boston University, USA
