{"product_id":"embracing-god-essays-on-the-spiritual-treatises-of-aelred-of-rievaulx-paperback-6","title":"Embracing God: Essays on the Spiritual Treatises of Aelred of Rievaulx - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarsha L. Dutton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDaniel Heisey Osb\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by), \u003cb\u003eJ. Stephen Russell\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThese spiritual reflections guide their readers toward God's embrace. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In\u003ci\u003e Embracing God\u003c\/i\u003e, Marsha L. Dutton surveys the interwoven structures and themes of five treatises, showing how Aelred guides his readers to cling forever to God through memory, which is one of the three faculties of God's image placed in humankind at creation (alongside reason and will). Individual chapters explore meditations on Jesus' life, spiritual friendship, the eucharistic nature of Cistercian spirituality, and the nature of the soul.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarsha L. Dutton\u003c\/b\u003e is the executive editor of Cistercian Publications. A former professor of medieval English literature at Ohio University, she is the editor of \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Aelred of Rievaulx (1110-1167) \u003c\/i\u003e(Brill, 2017), of four volumes of Aelred's works in translation, and of \"Aelred of Rievaulx\" and (with Tyler Sergent) \"The Cistercians\" in the Oxford Bibliographies in Medieval Studies. Her sixteen presentations on Aelred for Schola Cisterciensis appear on YouTube. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 360\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 28, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45883138474181,"sku":"9780879071950","price":57.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/SmDpXdOhkW9780879071950_f7dceef7-b7f8-471f-a723-9534fa3e988d.webp?v=1771806454","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/embracing-god-essays-on-the-spiritual-treatises-of-aelred-of-rievaulx-paperback-6","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}