Seeking in Solitude: A Study of Select Forms of Eremitic Life and Practice

by Bernadette McNary-Zak

Overview

Seeking in Solitude examines select forms of contemporary Roman Catholic eremitic life and practice in the United States. Given the sustained presence of, and increased interest in, the eremitic life and practice, this book responds to the question of the place of the hermit in American Catholicism in a way that neither mystifies nor mythologizes it, but rather attempts to understand it.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781630873707
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	06/02/2014
Series:	Princeton Theological Monograph Series , #210
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Bernadette McNary-Zak is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations vi

Preface vii

Acknowledgments ix

1 Introduction 1

2 The Threefold Good: The Camaldolese Congregation 23

3 Remembering in Silence; The American Carthusians 43

4 Contemplation in Solitude; The Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance 63

5 A Listening Presence: The Hermits of Bethlehem in the Heart of Jesus 81

6 Framing a Worldview in Solitude 103

7 Conclusion 127

Bibliography 139