Riitta Hujanen: Monastic Perspectives on Temporality
Monastic Perspectives on Temporality
Buch
- Time is a Mirage
- Springer Nature Switzerland, 08/2023
- Einband: Gebunden, HC runder Rücken kaschiert
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9783031348075
- Bestellnummer: 11565453
- Umfang: 268 Seiten
- Auflage: 2023
- Gewicht: 463 g
- Maße: 216 x 153 mm
- Stärke: 20 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 8.8.2023
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
In this book, Riitta Hujanen explores temporality in the context of Catholic enclosed contemplative traditions. It investigates, based on literature and other sources, what enclosed contemplatives might say about temporality through their monastic journeys. What makes a young person decide to dedicate their life inside a cloister? Do contemplatives have a preference for eternity over temporal time? How does the enclosed contemplative life impact one s concept of time? How is time perceived towards the end of one s monastic journey? What is seen when looking back to the years in the enclosed contemplative life? What is experienced at the hour of death?The answers to these questions illustrate a paradoxical dynamic in monastic journeys that cover a broad historical scope from the earliest monastic writers to contemporary sources.