Oxford Handbook of Christian Monasticism

Preface
List of Illustrations
List of Abbreviations
List of Contributors

1 Introduction. Towards a New Monastic History, Bernice M. Kaczynski

Part I. Asceticism and Monasticism in Early Christianity

2 Asceticism before Monasticism: What the First Monks Owed to the Early Christian Churches, Richard Finn, OP
3 Holy Men and Women of the Desert, David Brakke
4 The Architecture of the Ascetic Body, Lynda L. Coon
5 The Literature of Early Eastern Monasticism, Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony
6 The Literature of Early Western Monasticism, Columba Stewart, OSB
7 Archaeological Evidence for the Study of Early Monasticism, Stephen J. Davis

Part II. Eastern Medieval Monasticism and the Orthodox Churches

8 Spirituality and Prayer in the Eastern Traditions, Andrew Louth
9 Monasticism in the Byzantine Empire, Peter Hatlie
10 Monasteries, Society, Economy, and the State in the Byzantine Empire, Kostis Smyrlis
11 Monasticism in the Oriental Orthodox Churches, Samuel Rubenson
12 The Archaeology of Monastic Households, Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom

Part III A. Western Medieval Monasticism: Forms of Monastic and Religious Life

13 Monasticism in Early Ireland, Westley Follett
14 The Benedictines, Scott G. Bruce
15 The Cistercians, Anne E. Lester
16 The Military Orders: Templars and Hospitallers, Jochen Burgtorf
17 The Early Mendicants, Frances Andrews
18 Religious Women: Secular Canonesses and Beguines, Sigrid Hirbodian
19 Observant Reform in the Late Middle Ages, Kathryne Beebe

Part III B. Western Medieval Monasticism: Approaches to Monastic Life and Culture

20 Prayer, Rachel Fulton Brown
21 Musical and Liturgical Practice, James Grier
22 Monastic Art, Sacred Space, and the Mediation of Religious Experience, Thomas E. A. Dale
23 Monastic Narrative Practices, Katherine Allen Smith
24 Friendship, Family, and Community, Julian P. Haseldine
25 Sickness and Healing, Peregrine Horden
26 Landscape, Land Use, and the Environment, Richard Oram

Part IV. Europe and the Wider World: From the Early Modern Era to the Twenty-First Century

27 The Dissolution of the Monasteries: England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, James G. Clark
28 Monasticism in Early Modern France, Daniel-Odon Hurel
29 Monasticism in Early Modern Germany, Edeltraud Klueting T.OCarm
30 Monasticism in Early Modern Italy and Spain, Elizabeth A. Lehfeldt
31 Russian Orthodox Monasticism from 988 to 1917, Scott M. Kenworthy
32 Monasticism in the Early Modern Atlantic World, Dominique Deslandres
33 Monasticism in the United States, Margaret M. McGuinness
34 Monasticism in Latin America, Bonar L. Hernandez
35 Monasticism in Africa South of the Sahara, Catherine Higgs
36 Christian Monasticism in Asia, Matteo Nicolini-Zani

Part V. Contemporary Perspectives

37 The Eastern Traditions Today: Greek Orthodox Monasticism, Chrysostom Koutloumousianos
38 The Eastern Traditions Today: Russian and Romanian Orthodox Monasticism, Scott M. Kenworthy
39 The Protestant Tradition, Inge Mager
40 The Anglican Tradition, Adam D. McCoy, OHC
41 The 'New Monasticism', Douglas E. Christie and Bernadette Flanagan
42 Lectio Divina: Opening to God's Word, Gregory J. Polan, OSB
43 Monastic Interreligious Dialogue, Fabrice Blee
44 Contemporary Monasticism: Challenges and Opportunities, Michael Casey, OCSO

Index

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• História da religião
• Comunidades e monasticismo cristão
• Igrejas cristãs e denominações
• Vida e prática cristã
• Teologia cristã