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Monk Habits for Everyday People: Benedictine Spirituality for Protestants
Dennis Okholm
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Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: HRLK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
In their zeal for reform, early Protestant leaders tended to throw out Saint Benedict with the holy water. That is a mistake, writes Dennis Okholm, in Monk Habits for Everyday People. While on retreat in a Benedictine abbey, the author, a professor who was raised as a Pentecostal and a Baptist, observed how the meditative and ordered life of a monk lifted Jesus' teachings off the printed page and put them into daily practice. Vital aspects of devotion, humility, obedience, hospitality, and evangelism took on new clarity and meaning. Paralleling that experience, Okholm guides the reader on a focused and ... Read more
In their zeal for reform, early Protestant leaders tended to throw out Saint Benedict with the holy water. That is a mistake, writes Dennis Okholm, in Monk Habits for Everyday People. While on retreat in a Benedictine abbey, the author, a professor who was raised as a Pentecostal and a Baptist, observed how the meditative and ordered life of a monk lifted Jesus' teachings off the printed page and put them into daily practice. Vital aspects of devotion, humility, obedience, hospitality, and evangelism took on new clarity and meaning. Paralleling that experience, Okholm guides the reader on a focused and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
214g
Number of Pages
144
Place of Publication
Ada, MI, United States
ISBN
9781587431852
SKU
V9781587431852
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About Dennis Okholm
Dennis L. Okholm (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary) is professor of theology at Azusa Pacific University and the coauthor of A Family of Faith: An Introduction to Evangelical Christianity.
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