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Missionary monks : an introduction to the history and theology of missionary monasticism / Edward L. Smither ; foreword by Thomas O'Loughlin.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Eugene, Oregon : Cascade Books, [2016]Copyright date: ©2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781498224178
  • 1498224172
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Missionary monks.DDC classification:
  • 266 23
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  • BV2100 .S665 2016
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Early Christian mission -- Rise of monasticism -- Basil of Caesarea -- Martin of Tours -- Patrick of Ireland -- Celtic monks -- Gregory the Great and Augustine of Canterbury -- Willibrord and Boniface -- Anskar -- Cyril and Methodius -- Church of the East -- The mendicants -- The Jesuits -- Toward a monastic theology of mission
Summary: Missionaries go into all the world and make disciples of all nations, while monks live cloistered in a monastery and focus their lives on prayer and studying Scripture--correct? Not exactly. When we study the history of Christian mission, especially from around 500 to 1500 CE, the key missionaries that we constantly encounter are monks. In fact, if we don't have monks in this period then we have very little in the way of Christian mission. Our aim in this book is to examine the phenomenon of missionary monks--those who pursued both a monastic and missionary calling. We will meet the monks and monastic orders, narrate their journeys in mission, and evaluate their approaches to and thoughts about mission.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)1449395

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Missionaries go into all the world and make disciples of all nations, while monks live cloistered in a monastery and focus their lives on prayer and studying Scripture--correct? Not exactly. When we study the history of Christian mission, especially from around 500 to 1500 CE, the key missionaries that we constantly encounter are monks. In fact, if we don't have monks in this period then we have very little in the way of Christian mission. Our aim in this book is to examine the phenomenon of missionary monks--those who pursued both a monastic and missionary calling. We will meet the monks and monastic orders, narrate their journeys in mission, and evaluate their approaches to and thoughts about mission.

Early Christian mission -- Rise of monasticism -- Basil of Caesarea -- Martin of Tours -- Patrick of Ireland -- Celtic monks -- Gregory the Great and Augustine of Canterbury -- Willibrord and Boniface -- Anskar -- Cyril and Methodius -- Church of the East -- The mendicants -- The Jesuits -- Toward a monastic theology of mission