St Benedict's Rule as the Antidote to Regulatory Inflation The Way of St Benedict, Rowan Williams, Bloomsbury, 2020 (ISBN 978-1-4729-7307-8), 160 pp., pb £8.99

There is much to learn from what Rowan Williams calls the "undramatic and transformative wisdom" of the Rule of St Benedict. Expanding on Williams' penetrating reading of the Rule, this article analyzes aspects of Benedictine spirituality that might be useful in contemporary political...

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Published in:Reviews in religion and theology
Subtitles:Saint Benedict's Rule as the Antidote to Regulatory Inflation The Way of Saint Benedict, Rowan Williams, Bloomsbury, 2020 (ISBN 978-1-4729-7307-8), 160 pp., pb £8.99
Main Author: Gioia, Luigi 1968- (Author)
Contributors: Williams, Rowan 1950- (Bibliographic antecedent)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2021]
In: Reviews in religion and theology
Further subjects:B Spirituality
B Book review
B Rule of St Benedict
B Rule of Saint Benedict
B Race
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Summary:There is much to learn from what Rowan Williams calls the "undramatic and transformative wisdom" of the Rule of St Benedict. Expanding on Williams' penetrating reading of the Rule, this article analyzes aspects of Benedictine spirituality that might be useful in contemporary political and social debates, especially around issues of race and affirmative action. From the viewpoint of Benedictine spirituality, true empowerment comes from affirmation and recognition based not just on external regulations but also on inner and personal validation. Unconscious biases can be effectively tackled not only through external censure but especially through the demanding discipline of self-knowledge. The promotion of both inner validation and self-knowledge requires an environment of trust. The main challenge for healthy communities is creating the conditions for converting self-defensiveness and suspicion into trust.
ISSN:1467-9418
Contains:Enthalten in: Reviews in religion and theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/rirt.13919