Radical and Free OLeary BrianPaperback
Radical and Free OLeary BrianPaperback This book is the result of two preached retreats I gave to mark the recent Year of Consecrated Life (2015). In both places I had taught courses on religious…
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Radical and Free OLeary BrianPaperback
This book is the result of two preached retreats I gave to mark the recent Year of Consecrated Life (2015). In both places I had taught courses on religious life - its history, theology, and most of all its underlying spirituality. However, the origin of the material goes much further back, drawing on my teaching experience both at Manresa Centre of Spirituality and at Milltown Institute (covering a period of thirty years).
Another way of saying this is that I am above all interested in values (as appreciated, appropriated, and articulated). Indeed, I have always used history and theology (and other disciplines such as psychology and anthropology) in service of exploring and renewing the spirituality of religious life. This lies behind my decision to structure the talks (now the book) almost entirely around the vows.
After an initial chapter on the origins of religious life, I devote