The Religious life
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/catalog4114
- Author
- Edna Mary, Sister
- Publication Date
- 1968
- Material Type
- Book
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)
- Call Number
- BX 5183 E45 1968
- Author
- Edna Mary, Sister
- Place of Publication
- [Harmondsworth, Eng.]
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Publication Date
- 1968
- Physical Description
- 249 p. ; 18 x 11.2 cm.
- Material Type
- Book
- Notes
- "[By] Sister Edna Mary, Dss. C.S.A."
- "First published 1968. Copyright Sister Edna Mary, 1968". -- verso of t.-p.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-[245]) and index.
- "What kind of fulfillment can individual members of a religious community find in the religious life ? What do they do all day ? Can their lives have any relevance to society today ? Sister Edna Mary has written this book for people who wonder about such questions. ... In a final chapter Sister Edna Mary urges the relevance of the religious life to society today -- a relevance which lies in the common life and in the realization of unity and peace". -- back cover.
- Contents: Foreword -- The Call to the Religious Life -- A Thousand Years of Growth -- Reform and Renewal -- Days, Months and Years -- The Offering of Praise -- The Service of Men -- The Vows -- The Vow of Gratitude -- The Vow of Love -- The Vow of Freedom -- Life in Community -- The Relevance of the Religious Life Today -- Appendix: The Development of the Divine Office for Religious and Secular Use -- Notes and Bibliography -- Index.
- Colophon: Made and printed in Great Britain by Richard Clay (The Chaucer Press), Ltd, Bungay, Suffolk.
- Author is a deaconess and member of the Anglican Community of St. Andrew.
- OTCH Note: Contains material on Anglican and Lutheran communities and Taize.
- Series
- Pelican books
- Subjects
- Monastic and religious life
- Monasticism and religious orders
- Monasticism and religious orders, Anglican
- ISBN
- 0-14-02-1431-3
- Call Number
- BX 5183 E45 1968
- Location
- Trinity College (Graham Library)