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Embracing God - (Cistercian Studies) by Marsha L Dutton (Paperback)
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Highlights
- These spiritual reflections guide their readers toward God's embrace.
- About the Author: Marsha L. Dutton is the executive editor of Cistercian Publications.
- 360 Pages
- Religion + Beliefs, Christianity
- Series Name: Cistercian Studies
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About the Book
"In Embracing God Marsha L. Dutton surveys the interwoven structures and themes of five treatises of Aelred of Rievaulx. Individual chapters explore Aelred's meditations on Jesus's life, spiritual friendship, the eucharistic nature of Cistercian spirituality, and the nature of the soul"--Book Synopsis
These spiritual reflections guide their readers toward God's embrace.
In Embracing God, Marsha L. Dutton surveys the interwoven structures and themes of five treatises, showing how Aelred guides his readers to cling forever to God through memory, which is one of the three faculties of God's image placed in humankind at creation (alongside reason and will). Individual chapters explore meditations on Jesus' life, spiritual friendship, the eucharistic nature of Cistercian spirituality, and the nature of the soul.
Review Quotes
"In this valuable gathering of seven essays, one finds not only a fruitful remembrance of Marsha Dutton's distinguished career in Cistercian studies, but also the tracing of a soul's journey into God in the depths of memory. In that journey, Dutton has been a faithful companion of Augustine, Aelred, and Bernard; a trustworthy guide for their readers; and a friend to their friends."
Ann W. Astell, John Cardinal O'Hara Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame
-- (1/10/2025 12:00:00 AM)
"Marsha Dutton's close readings of Aelred's works bring a deeper understanding of a major unifying thread in Aelred's thought--the relationship between human beings and God. This collection of essays underscores the manner in which that relationship informs in unanticipated ways a diverse array of Aelred's texts. From iconographic imagery to theological philosophy, to ideological origins and contexts, the reader will find no shortage of illuminating insights in Dutton's work. Aelred scholars will not be disappointed."
Christopher Coski, professor of French, Ohio University
-- (10/22/2024 12:00:00 AM)
About the Author
Marsha L. Dutton is the executive editor of Cistercian Publications. A former professor of medieval English literature at Ohio University, she is the editor of A Companion to Aelred of Rievaulx (1110-1167) (Brill, 2017), of four volumes of Aelred's works in translation, and of "Aelred of Rievaulx" and (with Tyler Sergent) "The Cistercians" in the Oxford Bibliographies in Medieval Studies. Her sixteen presentations on Aelred for Schola Cisterciensis appear on YouTube.