Conversation with Saint Benedict: The Rule in Today's World (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780814634196)

The Rule of Saint Benedict meets contemporary culture-the connection points and the sticking points between the two are the focus of Conversation with Saint Benedict. Renowned Benedictine scholar Terrence Kardong considers various aspects of modern culture that he considers worrisome and the light that Benedict's Rule might shed on them for Christians today. He also takes up specific aspects of the Rule itself that he finds difficult to deal with. This book, then, offers a rich interplay that does not shrink from recognizing both strengths and weaknesses in our culture as well as in Benedict's own ideas.

Among the many topics that Kardong tackles are:

• laughter and tears
• security
• work
• economics
• monastic garb
• cell phones
• zeal
• hierarchy
• channel surfing

Terrence G. Kardong, OSB, has been a monk of Assumption Abbey in Richardton, North Dakota, since 1956. Since 1982, he has served as editor of the American Benedictine Review. His many books include Pillars of Community: Four Rules of Pre-Benedictine Monastic Life and Day by Day with Saint Benedict. He has also produced highly regarded translations and commentaries on the Rule of Saint Benedict and St. Gregory the Great's Life of Saint Benedict.

Author: Terrence G. Kardong
ISBN-10: 0814634192
ISBN-13: 9780814634196
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Language: English
Published: 05/01/2012
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d