This volume brings together texts of the twelfth-century Hildegard
of Bingen and the early-thirteenth-century Francis of Assisi to
represent religious spirituality after the Gregorian Reform and
just prior to or simultaneous with the formation of universities in
Western Europe. In an extraordinary way, Hildegard embodies
monastic theology and spirituality and provides a contrast to the
new thing that would be created with the study of theology in the
new Aristotelian idiom of the universities. But equally in contrast
to the Benedictine Hildegard, the thirteenth century witnessed a
renewed enthusiasm for a more literal following of Christ in a life
of penitence and poverty. This is a life of dependence, not on a
superior and enclosed community but on the compassion of society at
large. Francis would join this movement on his own terms, attract a
following, and gradually formulate a spirituality that sent signals
of the need to reform individual lives and the institutions of the
Church. These two authors, then, are not joined here because of any
shared similarity but to help illustrate two quite different
spiritualities that animated the lively European twelfth and
thirteenth centuries.
General
| Imprint: |
Fordham University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Past Light on Present Life: Theology, Ethics, and Spirituality |
| Release date: |
December 2023 |
| Editors: |
Roger Haight
• Alfred Pach
• Amanda Avila Kaminski
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 140mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
160 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-5315-0601-8 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-5315-0601-1 |
| Barcode: |
9781531506018 |
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