Fraternal Relations in Monasteries - The Laboratory of Love

List of contents

Chapter 1. Pursuing ideals of love in a voluntary total institution
Chapter 2. Studying social relations in a total institution
Chapter 3. Entering and staying in monastic life
Chapter 4. Ideals of love in fraternal life
Chapter 5. Collective solidarity and ritual stratification: The role of singing during the Liturgy of the Hours
Chapter 6. Stratified work in the context of equality ideals: Ascetic responsibilization and power failures
Chapter 7. Different conditions for friendship and conversation among monks and nuns
Chapter 8. Surveillance and sanctions through performative regulation
Chapter 9. Conclusion

About the author

Mikaela Sundberg is Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology, Stockholm University. She is the author of A Sociology of the Total Organization: Atomistic Unity in the French Foreign Legion (Routledge) alongside articles about social relations in monastic life, numerical simulations and the organization of scientific practices.

Summary

Based on extensive research among Cistercian monks and nuns, this book examines social relations in monasteries, examining the ways in which collective rituals and manual work both foster solidarity and create division, and developing a novel, far-reaching conceptualization of fraternal relations.

Product details

• Authors: Mikaela Sundberg, Mikaela (Stockholm University Sundberg, Sundberg Mikaela
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2022
• EAN: 9780367534912
• ISBN: 978-0-367-53491-2
• No. of pages: 164
• Series: Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Religion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Society & culture: general, RELIGION / Monasticism, Religion: general, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Society and culture: general, Religious institutions and organizations, Christian communities & monasticism