Frontmatter
Contents
Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction: Learning and Spirituality
THE FORMATION OF MONASTIC CULTURE
1. The Conversion of St. Benedict
2. St. Gregory, Doctor of Desire
3. Cult and Culture
THE SOURCES OF MONASTIC CULTURE
4. Devotion to Heaven
5. Sacred Learning
6. The Ancient Traditional Spirituality
7. Liberal Studies
THE FRUITS OF MONASTIC CULTURE
8. Literary Genres
9. Monastic Theology
10. The Poem of the Liturgy
Epilogue: Literature and the Mystical Life
APPENDICES
I. The Rule of St. Benedict and the Canticle of Canticles
II. The Monk who Slept during the Office
III. The Speculative Theology of Dom Bertrand
IV. Monastic Theology
V. St. Anselm
Index