Benedictine Options
Learning to Live from the Sons and Daughters of Saints Benedict and Scholastica
Patrick Henry
What is the Benedictine charism, and how does it relate to the church?
Specifically countering a narrow modern idea of Benedictinism as withdrawal from the world and restoration of a lost ideal, Henry’s examination takes in what the Benedictine charism is, isn’t, how it has worked and works, what it has to offer “for the sake of the world” in the midst of the world, in constant reaching out to others in the world, and in the lives of Benedictines today.
Benedictine Options shows how the Rule of St Benedict has offered many different “options” of Benedictine life, and how it continues to communicate the Benedictine charism in new and flourishing forms.
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