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263 acedia, 9, 42–46, 198 Acedia and Me: A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer’s Life (Norris), 42, 46 Acts of the Apostles, 258n16 Afanasiev, Nicholas, 13, 78, 197, 239–41, 250n17, 259n5, 261n22 aggiornamento, 143, 227 Akiva, Rabbi, 168 Albert of Jerusalem (Albert Avogadro ), 105–6, 255n1 alcoholism, as clerical problem, 107, 115, 139 “Alpha Course,” 238 An Altar in theWorld: A Geography of Faith (Taylor), 52, 179–80 alternative forms of church, 238–39 Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith (Norris), 42 Ambrose of Milan, 81 America, religious belief in, 31–32, 252n30 Anderson, Paul, 24, 261n22 Andre, Father, 159 Andronicus (ancient church leader), 23, 237 Anglicanism. See Episcopalianism antihistorical approach to liturgy and doctrine, 216 Antoinette, Sister, 155 Apostle’s Creed, 26 Aquila (ancient church leader), 23, 237 Armstrong, Karen, 24, 61 Arsumqaq, Olga Michael, 22, 24 Asia, Merton at monastic conference in, 171–76 Asman, Mark, 54, 56, 205, 230 Assisi, Italy, 152–56, 223 Augustine of Hippo, 16, 24, 39, 92, 97, 128, 173, 196, 222 Avogadro, Albert (Albert of Jerusalem ), 105–6, 255n1 baby boomers, 207 Baird, Peggy, 248n3 baptism, 196, 197, 230 Baptism, Eucharist, and Ministry, 242 Barrett, George, 54, 56, 73, 205 Basil the Great, 128, 231, 236 Bass, Diana Butler biographical information, 8 Christianity for the Rest of Us, 215 experience of everyday life, finding God in, 222 intentional communities, study of, 199, 205, 208–10, 215–19, 230–37, 238, 244 i n d ex 264 å Index purpose, search for life with, 186 on role of the church, 228, 229, 230–37, 238, 244 on search for God and search for self, 83, 169 Strength for the Journey, 200 on transformative life, 11, 198, 199–210, 215–19, 225 Bass, Richard, 205–6 Batterham, Forster, 248n3 Behr-Sigel, Elisabeth, 13, 143, 251n21, 261n22 The Bell Jar (Plath), 43 Benedictines, 42, 44, 129, 148, 233 Benedict of Nursia, 24 Berdyaev, Nikolai, 24, 248n4 Berger, Peter, 9, 11–12, 26–34, 45, 50, 89, 221, 245 Bernard of Clairvaux, 203 Berrigan, Daniel and Philip, 183, 209, 248n4 The Bishop’s Daughter (Moore), 138 blessing, 191–92 bodily basis of faith, Taylor’s account of, 182–84 Bolger, Ryan K., 238 Bondi, Roberta, 24 Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, 18, 41, 203 Book of Common Prayer, 204 Bose Monastery, Italy, 23, 128, 250n18 Bowman, Thea, 251n21 Bridget, Sister, 155, 156 Buddhism, 173–74, 183 Bulgakov, Sergius, 10, 13, 19, 34, 74–77, 78, 80–81, 218, 226, 241, 259n5, 261n22 Bultmann, Rudolf, 32 burning bush, Moses’ encounter with God in, 182 Calvary Monastery, Santa Barbara, California, 233 Calvin Presbyterian Church, Zelienople, Pennsylvania, 218, 232–33 Canaanite women, Jesus’s encounter with, 87 Canning, Nicholas, 144 canonical sainthood, 3, 9, 15–16, 20–24, 33, 196 Carmelite Order, author’s experience of, 10, 105–49 character and history of order, 117, 255n1 doubts about continuing in order, 133, 134, 146 emotional effects of, 112–16 external formation year, 134–37 formation process, 113, 114, 138, 186 former members, association with, 12, 110, 138–39, 145–48 habit, 118, 122, 131, 132 happiness, search for, 140–45 holiness, joy in pursuit of, 149 human relationships, discouragement of, 111, 113, 114–15, 125, 134 Krivak’s experience with Jesuits compared, 92, 97, 122, 134, 149 Marian devotion in, 110–11 minor seminary, 109–16, 118 novitiate, 115–26, 140–42 process of remembering and recording, 137–40 process of writing about, 12 religious name, taking of, 118–19 Rule of St. Albert, 105–6, 116, 120–21, 125, 126–28, 132–33, 255n1 shrinking of/changes in order, 129, 139–40, 145–48 Bass, Diana Butler (cont.) [3.145.186.6] Project MUSE (2024-04-24 08:57 GMT) Index å 265 undergraduate studies, 115–16, 130–35 value of life and training in, 108, 128–29, 140–45 vocation, concept of, 106–8 Carter, Jimmy, 209 Casanova, José, 26, 245 Catholicism, 26, 60–61, 78, 79, 98, 216, 236, 242–43 Catholic University of America (CUA), Washington, D.C., 130 The Catholic Worker and Catholic Worker movement, 2, 15–16 Cecile, Sister, 159 Champigny, Richard, 143 Changing Light (Gallagher), 58 Chater, Veronica, 163 chili mac for homeless shelter meal, parish council meeting about, 101–2 Chojnacki, Gerald J., 95 Christ. See Jesus Christ Church, Alexandria, Virginia, 206 Christianity for the Rest of Us (Bass), 215 the church in the modern world, 11, 221–45 alternative forms of church, 238–39 Berger’s critique of, 26–27 building, extension...

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