"A Different Touch" speaks of the challenges of religious life today where the essentials of Christian living and union with God are still sought via a "different touch". The book looks at the relationship of Christian lifestyle and the place of religious life in the matrix of Christian living, and then comments individually on the traditional vows of religious life. A section on "new times" for poverty, obedience, and celibacy relates each vow to current cultural and socio-political issues.
A Different Touch speaks of the challenges of religious life today where the essentials of Christian living and union with God are still sought via a "different touch."
Reflecting on the history of religious life since the nineteenth century, Sr. Judith Merkle, S.N.D. de N., asks such questions as: What makes up this different touch? How do the vows shape the ongoing adult development of a religious? What relevance and witness do the vows have in our world today? She then examines core theological understandings which underlie the vows and studies in uses recent ecology, J evolutionary thought, and psychology to address questions in religious life in the broader paradigm of Church and culture. She suggests directions for the future, yet also encourages religious to articulate their current way of life in society and the Church.
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DIFFERENT TOUCH
Format: Paperback
Pages: 306
Product Weight: 0.91 lbs
Author: Merkle, Judith a.
Publication Date: 1998-04-01
Language: English
Publisher: LITURGICAL PR
Dewey Decimal Classification: 248.894
Number of Units in Package: 1
ISBN: 9780814624654
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