The silent subjectivity: solitude, silence and meaning in the Benedictine monasticism

• Autor(a) principal: Bernardes, Rogéria Guimarães Alves
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Almeida, Leonardo Pinto
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Memorandum (Belo Horizonte)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/memorandum/article/view/12089
• topic: monaquismo; subjetividade; cultura; capitalismo; monasticism; subjectivity; culture; capitalism

This article aims to establish a dialogue with the Benedictine monasticism, seeking the monastic in contemporary contexts, singling out by the bias of the studies of subjectivity. Using the bibliographical method, we start with a historical retrospective, locating the origins of Christian monasticism in the figure of the "desert fathers", III, and IV centuries of our Era. Passing through Benedict of Nursia and the document assigned to it – Rule of St. Benedict – we located the Benedictine monks expanding the frontiers of western Christianity during the middle ages, influencing Western European centuries. Based on this trajectory, we noted the importance of contemplative practices and community prayer - the Liturgy of the Hours - in the characterization of this move, which, in contemporary times, remains faithful to its cultural traditions. Accordingly, we seek to reflect on the resilience and adaptability of Benedictine monasticism, in the face of social transformations and the context of capitalism.