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Aelred of Rievaulx: Spiritual Friendship

By: Lawrence C. Braceland, Marsha Dutton

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Product Information

Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 176
Vendor: Cistercian Publications Inc
Publication Date: 2010
Dimensions: 8.50 X 5.50 (inches)

ISBN: 0879079703
ISBN-13: 9780879079703
Availability: In Stock
Series: Cistercian Studies

Publisher's Description

Spiritual Friendship is today the best known and perhaps most influential of the thirteen surviving works of Aelred, abbot of the great English Cistercian abbey of Rievaulx from 1147-1167. This fresh new translation makes the work crisply readable, allowing the intellectual and Christian insight of this great Cistercian teacher and writer to speak clearly to today's seekers of love, wisdom, and truth.

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Aelred of Rievaulx: Spiritual Friendship 5 5 1 1

This book builds a dialogue on friendship, among two and three people, the effect of which is to draw you in. The conversation at first seems to be slow; the text discusses theory, but the style gives a verisimilitude of friendship. One feels that one is part of the discussion group, like a book club. What is said about friendship is a real eye-opener, putting friendship at the service of life moving towards God, instead of a mere passing experience. It also helps one to understand how some friendships 'go sour' as it were, without putting any judgement on either party. The book nicely brings in classical authors who almost seem, by the quotes, to take part in the discussion. It really helped me over some rough spots in my relations with others. March 4, 2013