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Prayer and thought in monastic tradition

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~5h 54min
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English
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Christianity
Prayer
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 4 views
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0567082954, 9780567082954, 9780567060259, 9780567120991
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Benedicta Ward

Benedicta Ward SLG (born Florence Margaret Ward, 1933) is a theologian and historian of early Christian spirituality at Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford. She is particularly known for her research on the Desert Fathers, popularizing the collection known as the Apophthegmata Patrum. She has also written extensively on Anselm of Canterbury and Bede.

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A chronological picture of the development of monastic thought and prayer from the early English Church (Bede, Adomnan) through to the 17th century and William Law's religious community at King's Cliffe. Essays interact with different facets of monastic life, assessing the development and contribution of figures such as Boniface, the Venerable Bede, Anselm of Canterbury and Bernard of Clairvaux.

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