Buying the Field: Catholic Religious Life in Mission to the World

by Sandra M. Schneiders

Book Overview

In this third and final volume of the Religious Life in a New Millennium series, Sandra Schneiders continues her rethinking of the traditional religious vows in the context of postmodernism. She reaches back into the gospels for the meaning of "world" in order to discern the meaning of renunciation of the "world" by religious, and how that tradition needs to be rethought for our times while keeping in mind the prophetic character of religious life...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809147882
• ISBN13: 9780809147885
• Release Date: June 2013
• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Length: 800 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"