Monk Habits for Everyday People: Benedictine Spirituality for Protestants

In their zeal for reform, early Protestant leaders tended to throw out Saint Benedict with the holy water. That is a mistake, writes Dennis Okholm, in Monk Habits for Everyday People. While on retreat in a Benedictine abbey, the author, a professor who was raised as a Pentecostal and a Baptist, observed how the meditative and ordered life of a monk lifted Jesus' teachings off the printed page and put them into daily practice. Vital aspects of devotion, humility, obedience, hospitality, and evangelism took on new clarity and meaning. Paralleling that experience, Okholm guides the reader on a focused and instructive journey that can revitalize the devotional life of any Christian who wants to slow down and dig deeper.

Author: Dennis L. Okholm
Publisher: Brazos Press
Published: 12/01/2007
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.47h x 6.48w x 0.38d
ISBN13: 9781587431852
ISBN10: 1587431858
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Living | Spiritual Growth
- Religion | Christian Rituals & Practice | General
- Religion | Monasticism

About the Author
Dennis L. Okholm (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary) is professor of theology at Azusa Pacific University and the coauthor of A Family of Faith: An Introduction to Evangelical Christianity.