TY - BOOK ID - 15855209 TI - Monasteries and the care of souls in late antique Christianity : cognition and discipline PY - 2017 SN - 9781107184015 1107184010 9781316875094 9781316635322 1316635325 1316880060 1316879690 1316880435 1316881911 1316875091 1316877477 9781316881910 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Monastic and religious life KW - History KW - Early church. KW - 30-600. KW - 271-6 KW - 271-6 Discipline en boetvaardigheid in het kloosterleven. Kloosterslot KW - Discipline en boetvaardigheid in het kloosterleven. Kloosterslot UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:15855209 AB - In Monasteries and the Care of Souls in Late Antique Christianity, Paul C. Dilley explores the personal practices and group rituals through which the thoughts of monastic disciples were monitored and trained to purify the mind and help them achieve salvation. Dilley draws widely on the interdisciplinary field of cognitive studies, especially anthropology, in his analysis of key monastic 'cognitive disciplines', such as meditation on scripture, the fear of God, and prayer. In addition, various rituals distinctive to communal monasticism, including entrance procedures, the commemoration of founders, and collective repentance, are given their first extended analysis. Participants engaged in 'heart-work' on their thoughts and emotions, which were understood to reflect the community's spiritual state. This book will be of interest to scholars of early Christianity and the ancient world more generally for its detailed description of communal monastic culture and its innovative methodology. ER -