Saint Benedict Sodoma, Monte Oliveto, c.1500 |
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SUGGESTED READING
1. BEGINNINGS
Brown, P. (1988) The body and society, men, women, and sexual renunciation in early Christianity. New York.
Cemus. R. (2003) Historical atlas of eastern and western Christian monasticism. Collegeville, MN.
Dysinger, L. (2012) “Early Christian Monasticism”, in Wiley-Blackwell, Encyclopedia of Ancient History, Oxford.
Knowles, D. (1969) Christian monasticism. New York.
Louth, A, (1983) The Origins of the Christian Mystical Tradition from Plato to Denys, Oxford.
2. THEOSIS
Christensen, J & Wittung, J., (2007) Partakers of the Divine Nature, The History and Development of Deification in the Christian Tradition, Baker Academic
Collins, P. (2019) Partaking in Divine Nature, T & T Clark
Finlan and Kharlamov, (2006 & 2011) Theosis, Deification in Christian Theology, volumes 1 & 2, Pickwick.
Keating, D., (2007) Deification and Grace, Sapientia Press.
Krill, P. (2010) Life in the Trinity, A Catholic View of Communion and Deification (self-published, incl. personal reflections and unique interpretations).
Meconi, D & Olson, C. (2016) Called to Be Children of God, The Catholic Theology of Human Deification, Ignatius.
Russell, N. (2004) The Doctrine of Deification in the Greek Patristic Tradition, Oxford.
3. THE DESERT
Bamberger, J. (1970) Evagrius Ponticus; the Praktikos, Chapters on Prayer. Collegeville, MN.
Chadwick, O. (1968) John Cassian. Cambridge.
Chitty, D. (1966) The desert a city. New York.
Dysinger, L., (2019) “The Genre of Exegetical Sentences in Patristic Exegesis,” The Oxford Handbook of Early Biblical Interpretation, Oxford
Gregg, R. (1979) Athanasius: the life of Antony and the letter to Marcellinus. Mahwah, NJ.
Ramsey, B. (2000) John Cassian: the conferences. (1997) John Cassian: the Institutes. New York.
Rubenson, S. (1995) The letters of St. Antony: monasticism and the making of a saint. Minneapolis, MN.
Veilleux. A. (1980) Pachomian koinonia, 3 vols. Collegeville, MN.
Ward, B.(2003) The desert fathers: sayings of the early Christian monks. London.
4. PSALMODY
Gregg, R. (1979) Athanasius: the life of Antony and the letter to Marcellinus. Mahwah, NJ.
Dysinger, L. (2015) Evagrius Ponticus: the Psalter as a Handbook for the Christian Contemplative in The Harp of Prophecy: Early Christian Interpretation of the Psalms, ed. Daley and Kolbet, (Univ. of Notre Dame Press, 2015)
5. BENEDICT
Fry, T. (1980) RB-80: The Rule of St. Benedict in Latin and English. Collegeville. MN.
Vogüé, A. (1983) The rule of Saint Benedict; a doctrinal and spiritual commentary. Collegeville, MN.
Vogüé, A. (1983) “The Meeting of Benedict and Scholastica: An Interpretation”. Cistercian Studies, 1983, 167-183.
Vogüé, A. (1993) Commentary on the Life of Benedict, (tr.Costello and de Bhaldraithe), St. Bede Press.
Vogüé, A. (1994) Reading Benedict: Reflections on the Rule. Cistercian Publ.s.
Wagner, M. (1950) Saint Basil: ascetical works. Washington D.C.
6. CHANT
Leclercq, J., The Love of Learning and the Desire for God, A Study of Monastic Culture, (New York, 1982)
Berry, M. (1979) Plainchant for Everyone, An Introduction to Plainsong, London
7. LECTIO DIVINA
Casey, Michael, (1996) Sacred Reading, (Chicago, 1996).
Cassian, John, Conference 14, “The First Conference of Abba Nesteros - On Spiritual Knowledge”. The Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, ser. 2 vol 11 (Grand Rapids, 1976) Available for free download at CCEL.org.
DeLubac, H., Medieval Exegesis, 3 vol.s (Grand Rapids, v.1 1998, v.2 2000, v.3 2009)
Guigo II the Carthusian, The Ladder of Monks (Collegeville, 2004).
Robertson, D., Lectio Divina, the Medieval Experience of Reading (Collegeville, 2011)
8. HUMAN and SPIRITUAL FORMATION
Risques et derives de la vie religieuse, Dom Dysmas De Lassus, Prior of the Chartreuse, (Paris, Les Editions du Cerf, 2020) ISBN 978-2-204-13791-1.
Casey, Michael, (2021) Coenobium. Liturgical Press.
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