Exclusieve Aanbieding The Artificiality of Christianity: Essays on the Poetics of Monasticism (Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture) – M. B. Pranger

The writings of Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109) reveal how the monastic mind, oscillating between hope and despair, was absorbed in technical exercises rather than in religious emotions. Early on monasticism had developed procedures for “ruminating on” the Bible and the works of the Church Fathers. Applying the art of logic to this theme, Anselm offers a denser version of monastic meditation that constitutes a poetics of monastic literature.
Before engaging Anselm’s works, this book addresses texts―by Grego…