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A Devoted Life: From the Editor - Rediscovering Benedict
Jennifer Trafton | posted 1/01/2007 02:36PM
Not long ago a church history professor at a prominent Protestant seminary remarked to us, "No topic touches young evangelical students more than monasticism." Surprised? We were. Why monasticism? Why now?
In 1996 Kathleen Norris's Cloister Walk, the quiet memoir of a Protestant woman's experience in a Benedictine monastery, became an unexpected New York Times bestseller. In recent years, monastic spiritual disciplines such as lectio divina, a way of meditating on Scripture, have enjoyed newfound popularity among laypeople—seen, for example, in Eugene Peterson's Eat This Book, published by Eerdmans in 2006. In the midst of a frenetic, fragmented culture that glorifies independence, busyness, and material gain, many are seeking out a countercultural lifestyle that values prayer, silence, simplicity, liturgy, hospitality, community, and care for the poor.
Just do a quick search on Amazon.com and you'll see what I mean. Titles like Seeking God: The Way of St. Benedict, St. Benedict's ... To view this item, you must be a member of ChristianHistory.net.
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