The Wisdom Of The Desert With Nicholas Buxton
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The Wisdom Of The Desert With Nicholas Buxton
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language : en
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Release Date : 2020
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The Wisdom Of The Desert With Nicholas Buxton
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Author : Revd Dr Nicholas Buxton
language : en
Publisher: Wise Studies
Release Date : 2020-02-10
The Wisdom Of The Desert With Nicholas Buxton written by Revd Dr Nicholas Buxton and has been published by Wise Studies this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-10 with Religion categories.
Over four lectures, Nicholas introduces us to the lives and sayings of the desert fathers, with a particular focus on the fascinating writings of Evagrius of Pontus (c. 345-399). In doing so, he makes the wisdom of the desert relevant to contemporary spiritual practice. The course begins by looking at the origins of Christian monasticism during the third century CE, when thousands of men and women renounced the world and withdrew to the deserts of Egypt, Syria and Palestine to seek God in a life of solitude and prayer. What inspired them to do this? What were they trying to achieve? In seeking answers to these questions, we will examine the lives and sayings of the so-called ‘desert fathers’, with a particular emphasis on the theological writings of Evagrius of Pontus (c. 345-399). Evagrius was described as being one ‘skilled in the discernment of spirits’. In his ascetical treatises, he elaborates a detailed programme for aspirants to the holy life comprising a foundation of stillness (hesychia), the cultivation of equanimity (apatheia) and, ultimately, unitive knowledge of the divine reality (gnosis). Particular attention will be given to his psycho-spiritual taxonomy of the ‘eight thoughts’, and the practice of contemplative prayer, as expounded in texts such as the Foundations, Praktikos, Eight Thoughts, and On Prayer. Session One – Monks of the Desert – Historical origins of Christian monasticism • the story of the temptation of Jesus in the wilderness • St Antony, the ‘first monk’ • fleeing the world to face the self • life in the desert • Pachomius and the beginnings of institutional monasticism. Session Two – The Ascetic Rationale – The theology of Origen of Alexandria • principles of monastic asceticism • the importance of humility and purity of heart • Evagrius of Pontus, theologian of the desert • stages on the path of spiritual progress • the cultivation of apatheia (equanimity). Session Three – The Eight Thoughts – On the subject of demons • the eight categories of obsessive thoughts: gluttony, lust, avarice, sadness, anger, acedia, vanity and pride • the practice of the discernment of thoughts. Session Four – On Prayer – Types of prayer in the Christian tradition • prayer in the Bible and the teachings of Jesus • the nature of the mind • the notion of ‘pure prayer’ in Evagrius • the legacy of the Desert Fathers. kingdom of god is within you meaning apophthegmata patrum founder of western christian monasticism the wisdom of the desert thomas merton monastic Benedict monks definition meaning of the sayings of the holy fathers the apophthegmata sayings of the desert fathers quotes book merton
Moses Mount Sinai And Early Christian Mystics
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Author : Ann Conway -Jones
language : en
Publisher: Wise Studies
Release Date : 2021-10-12
Moses Mount Sinai And Early Christian Mystics written by Ann Conway -Jones and has been published by Wise Studies this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-12 with Religion categories.
Moses’ encounter with God on the summit of Mount Sinai, as told in the biblical book of Exodus, contains a number of peculiarities and paradoxes. Early Christian mystics seized on these as clues to the spiritual understanding of Moses’ experiences, and as guides to the practice of contemplation. In this course we will examine five moments in Moses’ ascent of Mount Sinai: his entry into the darkness; the elders’ vision of the sapphire pavement; the pattern of the tabernacle revealed; God’s placing of Moses into the cleft of the rock; and Moses’ shining face. We will explore how these intriguing passages inspired four early Christian writers – Gregory of Nyssa, Evagrius of Pontus, Pseudo-Macarius and Dionysius the Areopagite – as they reflected on such topics as the unknowability of God and the state of a mind at prayer. In doing so, we will discover the influence of scripture on the development of the Christian mystical tradition. Session 1: The Darkness of Unknowing (Exodus 20.18-21) “[Moses] breaks free … away from what sees and is seen and he plunges into the truly mysterious darkness of unknowing. Here, renouncing all that the mind may conceive, wrapped entirely in the intangible and the invisible, he belongs completely to him who is beyond everything.” (Dionysius) Session 2: Divine Blue (Exodus 24.9-11) “When the mind has put off the old self and shall put on the one born of grace, then it will see its own state in the time of prayer resembling sapphire or the colour of heaven; this state scripture calls the place of God that was seen by the elders on Mount Sinai.” (Evagrius of Pontus) Session 3: The Heavenly Tabernacle (Exodus 25 – 28) “Moses was educated beforehand by a type in the mystery of the tabernacle which encloses everything. This would be Christ, ‘the power of God and the wisdom of God’, which in its own nature is not made by hands, yet allows itself to be physically fashioned when this tabernacle needs to be pitched among us, so that, in a certain way, the same is both unfashioned and fashioned: uncreated in pre-existence, but becoming created in accordance with this material composition.” (Gregory of Nyssa) Session 4: The Cleft in the Rock (Exodus 33:11-23) “This truly is the vision of God: never to be satisfied in the desire to see him. But one must always, by looking at what he can see, rekindle his desire to see more. Thus, no limit would interrupt growth in the ascent to God, since no limit to the Good can be found nor is the increasing of desire for the Good brought to an end because it is satisfied.” (Gregory of Nyssa) Session 5: Transformation (Exodus 34:29-35) “For blessed Moses provided us with a certain type through the glory of the Spirit which covered his countenance upon which no one could look with steadfast gaze. This type anticipates how in the resurrection of the just the bodies of the saints will be glorified with a glory which even now the souls of the saintly and faithful people are deemed worthy to possess within, in the indwelling of the inner person.” (Pseudo-Macarius)
The Wisdom Of The Desert
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language : en
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Release Date : 2004
The Wisdom Of The Desert written by and has been published by Shambhala Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Religion categories.
In the fourth century, the wildernesses of Egypt and Palestine were inhabited by a strange breed of spiritual nonconformists: the first Christian hermits. Thomas Merton's affection for these "Desert Fathers" shines in this much-loved treasury of their acts and words of wisdom. His free translation from the Latin source Verba Senorium illuminates their radical lives with insight and humor and sets them in close relation to Zen recluses, Hindu renunciants, and all those who have ever fled conventional life in search of higher wisdom.
Religion Consumerism And Sustainability
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Author : L. Thomas
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2010-12-14
Religion Consumerism And Sustainability written by L. Thomas and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-14 with Social Science categories.
To varying degrees, classic religions are associated with critique of materialistic values. Onto this opposition of the market and the temple other binaries have been grafted, so that 'North' and the 'West' are portrayed as secular and materialistic, 'South' and 'East' either as 'tigers' pursuing western-style affluence and economic growth or locked into retrospective fundamentalisms. These characterisations are called into question in a context of diversity and global movements of peoples and goods. In this collection this complexity is addressed in an analysis of the interconnections between religious and consumption practices and cultures, and the ways in which both are responding to the ecological threat posed by continuous economic growth. International in scope, the book combines empirical and theoretical work in its attempt to interrogate the traditional opposition of spiritual and materialistic values, and to explore the interplay of religious and consuming passions in contemporary cultures. This analysis leads to a consideration of the ways in which religions and secular spiritualities can contribute to a new ecological consciousness, and to the adoption of less destructive and rapacious ways of life.
The Wisdom Of The Desert Sayings From The Desert Fathers Of The Fourth Century
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Author : Thomas Merton (1915-1968 trans)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1960
The Wisdom Of The Desert Sayings From The Desert Fathers Of The Fourth Century written by Thomas Merton (1915-1968 trans) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1960 with Desert Fathers categories.
The Wisdom Of The Desert
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language : en
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Release Date : 1994-01-18
The Wisdom Of The Desert written by and has been published by Shambhala Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-01-18 with Religion categories.
The Wisdom of the Desert was one of Thomas Merton's favorites among his own books-surely because he had hoped to spend his last years as a hermit.
The Wisdom Of The Desert
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Author : James O. Hanney
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2024-01-12
The Wisdom Of The Desert written by James O. Hanney and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-12 with Religion categories.
The Oblate Life
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Author : Gervase Holdaway
language : en
Publisher: Canterbury Press
Release Date : 2013-01-25
The Oblate Life written by Gervase Holdaway and has been published by Canterbury Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-25 with Religion categories.
A comprehensive guide to living as an oblate - in the home, in society, at work and in the church. Written by experienced oblate directors from around the world, it is an essential, lifelong formative guide for anyone living or considering the oblate life.
Wisdom Of The Desert
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language : en
Publisher: Revelation-Insight
Release Date : 2008
Wisdom Of The Desert written by and has been published by Revelation-Insight this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Christian literature, Early categories.