Lectio Matters: Before the Burning Bush: Through the Revelatory Texts of Scripture, Nature and Experience
Author:   Mary Margaret Funk
Publisher:   Continuum Publishing Corporation
ISBN:  

9781441151698


Pages:   216
Publication Date:   02 September 2010
Format:   Hardback
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Lectio Matters: Before the Burning Bush: Through the Revelatory Texts of Scripture, Nature and Experience


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"""Lectio Matters"" is a clear teaching from the Alexandrian School for catechumens (Didaskeleion) that is recommended by the Rule of Benedict. The current teachings on lectio divina are derivatives from the later Scholastic tradition summarized by Guigo II (d. 1188). This book retrieves the tradition that was in use by the Desert Elders who were foundational for the monastic rules. ""Lectio Divina"" is understood as a revelatory text that has many doors. Scripture is the hallowed point of entry but also God comes as God through the windows of personal experience and the powerfully pervasive ""Book of Nature"". ""Lectio Matters"" is for those who have encountered God through either or all of these revelatory texts and those who want to sustain their lectio into habits of a lifetime."

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Author:   Mary Margaret Funk
Publisher:   Continuum Publishing Corporation
Imprint:   Continuum Publishing Corporation
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9781441151698


ISBN 10:   1441151699
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   02 September 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Foreword; Introduction; 1. The Text of the Book of Jonah; 2. The Literal Voice is Studied by the Logical Senses of the Mind; 3. The Meaning of the Text: The Symbolic Voice is Grasped by the Intuitive Senses; 4. The Moral Voice: Not Only Heard, but is Heeded by the Personal Senses; 5. More on How We Get There From Here: Further Teaching on the Moral Dimension; 6. Encountering God: The Mystical Voice is Received by the Spiritual Senses; Afterword; Appendix: The Story of Harold; Notes; Bibliography.

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Reviewed in Fairacres Chronicle Vol. 44 No.1


Author Information

Mary Margaret Funk is a Benedictine nun of Our Lady of Grace Monastery, Beech Grove, Indiana, USA. From 1994 through 2004, she served as executive director of Monastic Interreligious Dialogue, which fosters dialogue among monastics of the world's religions. In addition to her books Thoughts Matter, Tools Matter, Humility Matters, Islam Is, and Into the Depths, chapters by her have appeared in The Gethsemani Encounter, Benedict's Dharma, Purity of Heart, and Transforming Suffering. Currently she maintains her web page, megfunk.com, to provide further support for her readers.

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