O'Leary Radical and Free

Musings on the Religious Life
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-1-78812-181-1
Verlag: Messenger Publications
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

This book is the result of two preached retreats I gave to mark the recent Year of Consecrated Life (2015). However, the origin of the material goes much further back, drawing on my teaching experience both at Manresa Centre of Spirituality and at Milltown Institute (covering a period of thirty years). In both places I had taught courses on religious life – its history, theology, and most of all its underlying spirituality. Indeed, I have always used history and theology (and other disciplines such as psychology and anthropology) in service of exploring and renewing the spirituality of religious life. Another way of saying this is that I am above all interested in values (as appreciated, appropriated, and articulated). This lies behind my decision to structure the talks (now the book) almost entirely around the vows. After an initial chapter on the origins of religious life, I devote two chapters each to poverty, chastity, and obedience. My emphasis is not on the vows as such (dealing with questions that Canon Law might raise) but on the motivating values that the vows express. Only these values can explain why people enter and flourish in religious life. All religious, without distinction, are called to be “radical and free”.

Autoren/Hrsg.

O'Leary, Brian

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Religiöse Institutionen & Gemeinschaften, Klerus, Mönchstum
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionssoziologie und -psychologie, Spiritualität, Mystik

Über Autor(innen)

O'Leary, Brian
Brian O'Leary is an Irish Jesuit who has worked almost exclusively in the field of spirituality. After completing his doctoral studies in Rome, he joined the staff of the Centre of Ignatian Spirituality at Manresa House on Dublin's Northside. Over a fifteen-year period he directed retreats, conducted workshops, and engaged in writing. Over a further fifteen years Brian taught at the Milltown Institute of Philosophy and Theology. His courses included Ignatian spirituality, history of 16th and 17th-century spirituality, and spiritual direction. He also served for six years as the Jesuit Province's Co-ordinator of Ecumenism. Brian has shared his experience and expertise with groups on all five continents.

 

Books published by Messenger Publications include Radical and Free: Musings on the Religious Life, God Ever Greater: Exploring Ignatian Spirituality, To Love and To Serve: Exploring the Ignatian Tradition and Ignatius Loyola: Christian Mystic

Brian O'Leary is an Irish Jesuit who has worked almost exclusively in the field of spirituality. After completing his doctoral studies in Rome, he joined the staff of the Centre of Ignatian Spirituality at Manresa House, Dublin. Over a fifteen-year period he directed retreats, conducted workshops (many focused on renewal in religious life), and helped with training programmes.