Charged Moments
Landscape and the Experience of the Sacred among Catholic Monks in North America
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3463843 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jason M Brown (Simon Fraser University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 86 |
| Publication date | 2019-01-29 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel10020086 |
| OpenAlex | W2912338001 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 4 |
In light of calls to 're-enchant' the world in the face of our ecological crisis, where do Christians stand on the question of land being sacred? I put this question to monks living at four monastic communities in the American West. For monks living on the land, the world is sacramental of God's presence. However, this sacramental character was not universally recognized as being sacred, or divine. The monastic presence on the land can give places a sacred character through their work and prayer. Far fewer monks admitted that land was intrinsically sacred. However, during what one monk called "charged moments" the sacredness of God was seen as manifesting through the land. Thus, while there is no consensus among monks as to the sacredness of land, there is a deep reverence for place and landscape at the heart of monastic spirituality
Archaeology · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · Monasticism · Prayer · Reverence · Social science · Sociology · Spirituality · History · Philosophy · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics · Religious studies · Religious Tourism and Spaces
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2021 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |