Lectio Divina: The Medieval Experience of Reading (Cistercian Studies)
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (590 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0879072385 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 280 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A wonderful survey and reference work A rich storehouse of scholarship on the history of reading and its importance to prayer in Christianity through the ages. A wonderful survey and reference work.. Excellent Pastori A. Excellent study on medieval monastic culture. Very useful for those studying the subject, and for people interested in the Middle Ages.. Four Stars Good for class
The author has worked with the leading authorities and resources on the subject, and articulated them in a very comprehensible and coherent manner. Nothing less than a must read for serious students of lectio divina.. It is refreshing to see such a seminal book published in a market where the breezy and superficial so often garners attention. This is an excellent book quite suited to a serious reader and devotee of the subject
The rich literary tradition that arose from this culture includes theoretical writings from the Conferences of John Cassian (fifth century) through the twelfth-century treatises of Hugh of St. His articles have appeared in Romance Philology, French Forum, Cahiers de Civilisation Madiavale, and other journals in the United States and abroad.. Previous publications include The Medieval Saints' Lives: Spiritual Renewal and Old French Literature (Lexington, KY: French Forum, 1995), and The Vernacular Spirit: Essays on Medieval Religious Literature, with Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski and Nancy Warren (New York: Palgrave, 2002). This study brings medievalist research together with modern theoretical reflections on the act of reading in a consolidation of historical scholarship, spirituality, and literary criticism.Duncan Robertson has taught French and Latin, language and literature, at Augusta State University since 1990. Victor and the Carthusian Guigo II; it also includes compilations, literary meditations, and scriptural commentary, notably on the Song of Songs. During the Middle Ages the act of reading was experienced intensively in the monastic exercise of lectio divina 'the prayerful scrutiny of passages of Scripture, savored in meditation, memorized, recited, and rediscovered in the reader's own religious life