Albert-Marie Besnard, a Master Surpassed by His Disciples: The Mysticism of Generating and Subverting Forms of Authority at Le Saulchoir Dominican House of Study (1964–1968)
Raison du Cleuziou, Yann
Albert-Marie Besnard, a Master Surpassed by His Disciples: The Mysticism of Generating and Subverting Forms of Authority at Le Saulchoir Dominican House of Study (1964–1968) - 2012.
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Transformations in ways of imposing the clerical habitus in seminaries have been identified as one of the causes of the crisis that affected the clergy during the 1970s. This article examines the role Albert-Marie Besnard played in these transformations. He adopted a militant empathy for the aspirations of the student brothers in his charge and, at the same time, used a pedagogical approach that empowered and freed them from his authority. In attempting to legitimize the Dominican institution in the eyes of the students, he in fact legitimized their challenges and helped to profoundly redefine spirituality and the Dominican lifestyle.
Albert-Marie Besnard, a Master Surpassed by His Disciples: The Mysticism of Generating and Subverting Forms of Authority at Le Saulchoir Dominican House of Study (1964–1968) - 2012.
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Transformations in ways of imposing the clerical habitus in seminaries have been identified as one of the causes of the crisis that affected the clergy during the 1970s. This article examines the role Albert-Marie Besnard played in these transformations. He adopted a militant empathy for the aspirations of the student brothers in his charge and, at the same time, used a pedagogical approach that empowered and freed them from his authority. In attempting to legitimize the Dominican institution in the eyes of the students, he in fact legitimized their challenges and helped to profoundly redefine spirituality and the Dominican lifestyle.
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