This volume's focus is threefold, thus corresponding to its tri-partite
topical division: to analyze Eastern monasticism's unique place in the
life transforming journey to theosis Eastern monasticism's
hospitality and mutual encounters with culture; and Eastern and Western
monasticism's hospitality to Christian and non-Christian religions,
including Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam (even though Islam does not have
any monastic institution, its adherents have been historically in dialogue
with Christian monastics and have the potential to achieve a spiritual
affinity with monks of other religious traditions). The three parts of the
volume share one unifying argument: monasticism's special call to
spiritually symbiotic relationship or impact on the very
socio-politic-historic structures of reality. The topics are explored from
historical, theological, and literary standpoints. The volume's overall
intention is to help make monastic ecumenical engagement or its potential
for inter-faith dialogue better known, appreciated, and relevant within
inter-religious dialogue.
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