Living on a prayer: neo-monasticism and socio-ecological change
Neo-monasticism, including the desire to live in Christian intentional community, is increasingly popular in the United States. Communities are structured around a rule or shared covenant that outlines the parameters of living in community. Daily prayer is often a central feature to neo-monastic lif...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Routledge
[2018]
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In: |
Religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 48, Issue: 4, Pages: 678-699 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Religious community
/ Religious life
/ Prayer
/ Social justice
/ Environmental ethics
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RelBib Classification: | AZ New religious movements KBQ North America |
Further subjects: | B
Social Justice
B neo-monasticism B performance / Ritual B Ecology B Christianity B Religions B Prayer |
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Summary: | Neo-monasticism, including the desire to live in Christian intentional community, is increasingly popular in the United States. Communities are structured around a rule or shared covenant that outlines the parameters of living in community. Daily prayer is often a central feature to neo-monastic life as is an emphasis on socio-ecological justice. Drawing on recent Christian theology about gardens, a popular neo-monastic book of common prayer, interviews with practitioners of neo-monasticism, and fieldwork conducted with a nascent neo-monastic community in the southeastern United States, this article argues that prayer acts as a religious technology of the self for socio-ecological change. Through prayer, participants of intentional communities change, and this in turn leads to acts that alter the socio-ecological worlds around them. |
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ISSN: | 1096-1151 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/0048721X.2018.1520752 |