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Exploring New Monastic Communities

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Exploring New Monastic Communities book

The (Re)invention of Tradition

Exploring New Monastic Communities

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Exploring New Monastic Communities book

The (Re)invention of Tradition
ByStefania Palmisano
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2016
eBook Published 15 April 2016
Pub. location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315581699
Pages 206 pages
eBook ISBN 9781315581699
SubjectsHumanities, Social Sciences
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Palmisano, S. (2016). Exploring New Monastic Communities. London: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315581699

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 their Rule of Life, the new communities do not belong to pre-existing orders or congregations: they are gender-mixed with monks and nuns living under the same roof; they accept lay members whether single, married or as families; they reject enclosure; they often limit collective prayer time in order to increase time for labour, evangelization and voluntary social work; and are actively involved in oecumenical and interreligious dialogue, harbouring thinly-veiled sympathy with oriental religions, from which they sometimes adopt beliefs and practices. Offering unique sociological insights into New Monastic Communities, and shedding light on questions surrounding New Religious Movements more generally, the book asks what 'monastic' means today and whether these communities can still be described as 'monastic'.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |6 pages

Introduction: Italian New Monasticism

chapter 1|24 pages

Packing Our Bags: A Conceptual Model for Studying NMCs

chapter 2|38 pages

Journeying Among New Piedmontese Monastic Communities

chapter 3|28 pages

Success in the Monastery: Origins and Consequences

chapter 4|32 pages

Between ‘Pretenders’ and ‘Heirs’: The (Re)invention of Tradition in New Monasticism

chapter 5|34 pages

5Ambiguous Legitimacy: The Episcopal Test for NMCs

chapter 6|10 pages

6Key Insights and Future Challenges

chapter 1|1 pages

Interview Module for Bishops

chapter 2|2 pages

Interview Module for Monks (Traditional Monasticism)

chapter 3|5 pages

Interview Module for New Monks

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