Enlightened Monks: The German Benedictines, 1740-1803

by Ulrich L. Lehner

Book Overview

Enlightened Monks investigates the social, cultural, philosophical, and theological challenges the German Benedictines had to face between 1740 and 1803, and how the Enlightenment process influenced the self-understanding and lifestyle of these religious communities. It had an impact on their forms of communication, their transfer of knowledge, their relationships to worldly authorities and to the academic world, and also their theology and philosophy...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199595127
• ISBN13: 9780199595129
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"