| Peter Abelard After Marriage: The Spiritual Direction of Heloise and Her Nuns Through Liturgical Song Volume 211 Contributor(s): Bell, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 087907311X ISBN-13: 9780879073114 Publisher: Liturgical Press OUR PRICE: $35.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2008 Annotation: Famous for their love affair and their letter exchange, Heloise, abbess of the Paraclete, and Abelard, monk and scholar, are less known for their ongoing monastic relationship. Abelard's letters of direction to Heloise and her nuns were complemented by the liturgical music he composed for them. In this first study of Abelard as musician and spiritual director, the importance liturgical song has in forming the virtues of obedience, penitence, and humility is explained, as is Abelard's mastery of rhetoric, poetry and melody. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Rituals & Practice - General - Religion | Monasticism - Religion | Spirituality |
| Dewey: 782.323 |
| LCCN: 2007013965 |
| Series: Cistercian Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.82" H x 5.78" W x 8.7" (1.00 lbs) 384 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Famous for their love affair and their letter exchange, Heloise, abbess of the Paraclete, and Abelard, monk and scholar, are less known for their on-going monastic relationship. Abelard's letters of direction to Heloise and her nuns were complemented by the liturgical music he composed for them. This study of Abelard as musician and spiritual director underlines the importance liturgical song has in forming the virtues of obedience, penitence, and humility as well as highlighting Abelard's mastery of rhetoric, poetry and melody. Thomas Bell holds degrees in music and theology from Emory University, the University of North Carolina, and Duke Divinity School. He is associate professor of religion at Brevard College in North Carolina. |