Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
12-21-2001
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Abstract
Religious life is a generic term for a variety of forms of Christian life that originated, as a radical response to the gospel, in the rst century and continue to develop in the present, predominantly among Roman *Catholics and *Eastern Orthodox but also, especially recently, among Protestants and Anglicans. The Protestant community of *Taize in France has fostered ecumenical exchange.
Chapter of
The Oxford Companion to Christian Thought
Editor
Adrian Hastings
Alistair Mason
Hugh Pyper
Recommended Citation
Schneiders, Sandra Marie “Religious Life.” In The Oxford Companion to Christian Thought, 2000.
Comments
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