Monasteries are one of the few types of communities that have
been able to exist without the family. In this intimate, first-hand
study of the daily life in a Trappist monastery, Hillery concludes
that what binds this unusual and highly successful community
together is its emphases on freedom and agape love. "The Monastery"
reintegrates sociology with its allied disciplines in an attempt to
understand the monastery on its own terms, and at the same time
link that with sociology. Hillery delves into the history, the
importance of the Rule of Benedict, the strictness of the Trappist
interpretation, and the significance of the Second Vatican Council.
Throughout, he uses a holistic anthropological approach.
The work begins with a detailed sociological analysis of
freedom, love, and community. Other topics include ways in which
candidates enter the monastery, their relation to their families,
economic activities, politics, prayer, asceticism, recreation,
illness, death, and deviance. Comparisons are made with nine of the
other eleven Trappist monasteries in the United States.
Anthropologists and sociologists, especially those interested in
community, comparative analysis, and religion are challenged by
"The Monastery" to move beyond the arbitrary limits they have
placed on themselves, which maintain that all knowledge must be
capable of being physically perceived and statistically
measured.
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