{"product_id":"a-loving-world-monastic-perspectives-on-contemplative-awareness-in-love-and-life-volume-74-paperback","title":"A Loving World: Monastic Perspectives on Contemplative Awareness in Love and Life Volume 74 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarsha L. Dutton\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRobert Lehman\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by), \u003cb\u003eMolly Voss-Lehnam\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA rich compendium of twenty first-century monastic thought, providing a spiritual foundation for a loving world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book compiles presentations shared at an annual symposium on contemplative awareness at the Fetzer Institute over several decades. The renowned monks and nuns in the Benedictine tradition featured in \u003ci\u003eA Loving World\u003c\/i\u003e explore shared understandings among the world's great religions and offer monastic perspectives on life and love. The wide-ranging essays offer deep spiritual reflections on topics from contemplation and the human place in the cosmos to the Big Bang's part in our shared participation in the world as we know it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy way of the lived experiences of people in relationship with one another and with God, the contributors weave in wisdom from theologians, saintly figures, poets, and authors from many periods and cultures, to present a rich compendium of twenty first-century awareness of monastic life that expresses and encourages movement on the spiritual journey. This is timely reading for anyone seeking to dive deeper into their own spiritual understanding of God's continual creation and creative power working within their lives and in our communities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors: \u003cbr\u003eFr. Michael Casey, OCSO - Dom Erik Varden, OCSO - Fr. Casey Bailey, OCSO - Dom Bernardo Bonowitz, OCSO+\u003cbr\u003eDom Gregory Polan, OSB - Sr. Grace Remington, OCSO - M. GilChrist Lavigne, OCSO\u003cbr\u003eFr. Isaac Slater, OCSO - Dom Bernardus Peeters, OCSO - Dom Joseph Boyle, OCSO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarsha Dutton\u003c\/b\u003e, the executive editor of Cistercian Publications, is a scholar of twelfth-century Cistercian thought and writing, best known for her work on Aelred of Rievaulx. She also writes regularly on medieval history and literature. She has most recently published \u003ci\u003eEmbracing God: Essays on the Spiritual Treatises of Aelred of Rievaulx\u003c\/i\u003e (Cistercian Publications, 2025) and \"Nuns as Chaplains in the Medieval and Early Modern Periods\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Medieval Monastic Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, 2025).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 8.5 x 5.55 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 17, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53489453891891,"sku":"9780879074302","price":39.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/KwlJZPfLo49780879074302.webp?v=1781524531","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/a-loving-world-monastic-perspectives-on-contemplative-awareness-in-love-and-life-volume-74-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}