The Monastery: A Study of Freedom, Love, and Community
Author:   George A. Hillery ,  Andrew M. Greeley
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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9780275941734


Pages:   328
Publication Date:   30 July 1992
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   George A. Hillery ,  Andrew M. Greeley
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.646kg
ISBN:  

9780275941734


ISBN 10:   0275941736
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   30 July 1992
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Foreword Preface Beginning Introduction The Historical and Socological Context The Historical Context Freedom and Discipline (with Charles J. Dudley) Love and Community An Ethnographic Analysis The Guest House and the Novitiate Space and Interaction Family and Celibacy Earning a Living Authority and Government Stratification (with L. Richard Della Fave) Monastic Prayer Asceticism and Recreation Invalids and Death The Relativity of Deviance Conclusions Community, Freedom, and Love Ending: A Personal Summing Up Appendices Glossary References Index

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?Hillery, a sociologist and a Protestant, engaged in participant observation in Trappist monasteries (especially one which he gives the fictitious name of Our Lady of the Palisades) from 1969 to 1984, and less formally to the present. After setting his fictional abbey in historical and sociological context, Hillery gives an ethnographic analysis which shows the importance of obedience, freedom, and love to its community bonding and functioning. Hillery highlights how the monastery's views about work (economic productivity does not necessarily bring prestige), sickness (viewed as an opportunity to become a real monk), and death contribute to the sense of community. This fascinating and perceptive study is geared especially to sociologists, but should appeal to a wider interest. Recommended for academic, seminary, and large public libraries.?-Library Journal


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GEORGE A. HILLERY, JR. is Professor of Sociology at Virginia Polytechnic and State University. He has spent forty years researching communities, and has published several studies on the topic, including A Research Odyssey: Developing and Testing a Community Theory and Communal Organizations: A Study of Local Societies.

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