{"product_id":"pillars-of-community-terrence-g-kardong-9780814633151","title":"Pillars of Community: Four Rules of Pre-Benedictine Monastic Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnyone who has explored a great Romanesque church has been impressed, even awed, by the mighty stone foundations supporting the great central tower. As four pillars give a firm base to these soaring structures, so four ancient Rules stand beneath the foundations of Western monasticism, giving a structure on which later spiritual architects, Benedict among them, would build. In this book Terrence Kardong explores the lives and Rules of four of the earliest monastic writers-Basil, Pachomius, Augustine, and the anonymous author of the rules of Lerins. In engaging fashion he shows how the lives and social milieu of these earliest founders shaped their monasticism. For example, readers will learn that: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBasil of Caesarea learned the monastic way from his sister Macrina.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAugustine shunned the term \"monk\" because of the bad reputation of local monks associated with the Donatist heresy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePachomian Rule instructs on the use of boats and how to hang out the wash in the burning Egyptian sun.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Rules of Lerins begin with a call to community but then focus their attention on the superior.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet as varied as these Rules are, they are based on the same fundamental understanding of what a Christian monk and a Christian community should be; thus they furnish a solid foundation for the great edifice still to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Terrence G. Kardong\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814633153\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814633151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liturgical Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 267\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.98h x 6.04w x 0.75d","brand":"Terrence G. Kardong","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44919665885439,"sku":"9780814633151","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1d5de2cb-970a-4a4f-a36d-daa07c0c5cf5.jpg?v=1710359128","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pillars-of-community-terrence-g-kardong-9780814633151","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}