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The love of learning and the desire for God: a study of monastic culture

Leclercq, Jean, 1911-1993.

Year: 1982.

Publisher: Fordham University Press.

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Frontmatter

Abbreviations

Preface

Introduction: Learning and Spirituality

THE FORMATION OF MONASTIC CULTURE

1 The Conversion of St. Benedict

2 St. Gregory, Doctor of Desire

3 Cult and Culture

THE SOURCES OF MONASTIC CULTURE

4 Devotion to Heaven

5 Sacred Learning

6 The Ancient Traditional Spirituality

7 Liberal Studies

THE FRUITS OF MONASTIC CULTURE

8 Literary Genres

9 Monastic Theology

10 The Poem of the Liturgy

Epilogue: Literature and the Mystical Life

Appendices

I The Rule of St. Benedict and the Canticle of Canticles

II The Monk who Slept during the Office

III The Speculative Theology of Dom Bertrand

IV Monastic Theology

V St. Anselm

Index

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Title:

The love of learning and the desire for God : a study of monastic culture Jean Leclercq ; translated by Catharine Misrahi.

Author:

Leclercq, Jean, 1911-1993

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The love of learning and the desire for God : a study of monastic culture Jean Leclercq ; translated by Catharine Misrahi.
Leclercq, Jean, 1911-1993
New York: Fordham University Press, 1982.

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http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.01061

Subject Headings:

• Theology -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
• Monasticism and religious orders -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
• Christian literature, Early -- History and criticism

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