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Intercessory Prayer and the Monastic Ideal in the Time of the Carolingian Reforms (Hardcover)
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Intercessory Prayer and the Monastic Ideal in the Time of the Carolingian Reforms (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Theology and Religion Monographs
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In early medieval Europe, monasticism constituted a significant
force in society because the prayers of the religious on behalf of
others featured as powerful currency. The study of this phenomenon
is at once full of potential and peril, rightly drawing attention
to the wider social involvement of an otherwise exclusive group,
but also describing a religious community in terms of its service
provision. Previous scholarship has focused on the supply and
demand of prayer within the medieval economy of power, patronage,
and gift exchange. Intercessory Prayer and the Monastic Ideal in
the Time of the Carolingian Reforms is the first volume to explain
how this transactional dimension of prayer factored into monastic
spirituality. Renie S. Choy uncovers the relationship between the
intercessory function of monasteries and the ascetic concern for
moral conversion in the minds of prominent religious leaders active
between c. 750-820. Through sustained analysis of the devotional
thought of Benedict of Aniane and contemporaneous religious
reformers during the reigns of Charlemagne and Louis the Pious,
Choy examines key topics in the study of Carolingian monasticism:
liturgical organization and the intercessory performances of the
Mass and the Divine Office, monastic theology, and relationships of
prayer within monastic communities and with the world outside.
Arguing that monastic leaders showed new interest on the
intersection between the interiority of prayer and the functional
world of social relationships, this study reveals the ascetic ideal
undergirding the provision of intercessory prayer by monasteries.
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