Thesis--University of Michigan. / Includes bibliography.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Eberhard Karls Universität, Tübingen, 2007/08. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 484-500) and index.

Submitted by PATRÍCIA CRISTINA DE OLIVEIRA ROSA null (patycorosa@hotmail.com) on 2016-09-28T16:54:54Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertação Final Patrícia Rosa.pdf: 2606210 bytes, checksum: d6cceb7391f6352888da2760c107d470 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Ana Paula Grisoto (grisotoana@reitoria.unesp.br) on 2016-09-30T17:07:45Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 rosa_pco_me_mar.pdf: 2606210 bytes, checksum: d6cceb7391f6352888da2760c107d470 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-09-30T17:07:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 rosa_pco_me_mar.pdf: 2606210 bytes, checksum: d6cceb7391f6352888da2760c107d470 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-08-30 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / A presente pesquisa buscou compreender como se constrói e como se expressa a religiosidade de um grupo de monjas paulistas da Ordem de Santa Clara de Assis. Em outras palavras, a investigação procurou refletir sobre as mudanças e as permanências que ocorrem nessa realidade específica, analisando as constantes (re)significações que as irmãs realizam sobre sua própria situação. Para tanto, foi necessário contextualizar as origens do monaquismo, da clausura religiosa e sua expansão no Ocidente, enfatizando a influência dos preceitos de Francisco de Assis sobre a fundadora da Ordem, Clara de Assis, no século XIII. Também foi importante fazer um levantamento historiográfico do desenvolvimento da vida religiosa feminina no Brasil até os dias contemporâneos, devido às transformações que vêm ocorrendo nos institutos de vida consagrada e afetam, também, a religiosidade clariana. Fez-se necessário pensar a trajetória das mulheres que compartilham desses ideais monásticos, compreendendo as motivações para o ingresso e permanência na vida religiosa, analisando seu cotidiano no claustro e refletindo sobre as relações dentro do mosteiro e além dele, isto é, com a hierarquia católica e a sociedade laica. A partir do trabalho etnográfico no mosteiro paulista, foi possível constatar que as religiosas se adaptaram a uma realidade capitalista e globalizada, conservando os preceitos de sua fundadora. As práticas da oração contemplativa, pobreza e clausura permaneceram como partes inerentes à vocação clariana. O estudo dessa religiosidade possibilitou a compreensão dos sentidos e significados atribuídos à eclesialidade contemplativa e permitiu conhecer qual o lugar da vida religiosa monástica feminina nos dias contemporâneos. / This research sought to understand how is built and expressed the religiosity of a group of nuns from São Paulo adepts to the Order of St. Clare of Assisi. In other words, the research sought to reflect on the changes and the continuities that occur in that particular reality, analyzing the constant (new) meanings that the sisters carry on their own situation. Therefore, it was necessary to contextualize the origins of monasticism, the cloistered religious and its expansion in the West, emphasizing the influence of the precepts of Francis of Assisi on the Order's founder, Clare of Assisi, in the thirteenth century. It was also important to make a historiographical survey of the development of Brazilian female religious life to contemporary days, due to the transformations taking place in institutes of consecrated life which affect also the Clarian religiosity. It was necessary to think about the trajectory of women who share these monastic ideals, understanding the motivations to enter and remain in the religious life, analyzing their daily life in the cloister and reflecting on the relationships within the monastery and beyond, that is, with the hierarchy Catholic and secular society. From the ethnographic work in São Paulo monastery was established that the religious have adapted to a capitalist and globalized reality, keeping the precepts of its founder. The practice of contemplative prayer, poverty and remained cloistered parts inherent to Clarian vocation. The study of this religion enabled the understanding of the senses and meanings attributed to the contemplative and it allowed knowing the place of female monastic life in contemporary days.

The dissertation is a critical reflection on the relevance of Franciscan spirituality over eight centuries with special focus on the Third Order Regular. This spirituality is rooted in the life and writings of St Francis and St Clare of Assisi and their experience of the kenotic Christ. The Franciscan charism prevails in the world today as a living response to God’s transforming love which is expressed in a ministry of loving service and solidarity with the poor and marginalised – re-enacting Francis’ radical conversion when he embraced the leper. The Third Order Regular, inspired by Vatican II which called for a return to the charism of religious founders, returned to its roots with the revised Rule of 1982 based on the writings of Francis and Clare and grounded in Sacred Scripture. The Rule’s vision corresponds with the 1996 document Vita Consecrata on consecrated life and its mission to be prophetic witnesses to Christ today. / Christian Spirituality, Church History & Missiology / M. Th. (Christian Spirituality)

The dissertation is a critical reflection on the relevance of Franciscan spirituality over eight centuries with special focus on the Third Order Regular. This spirituality is rooted in the life and writings of St Francis and St Clare of Assisi and their experience of the kenotic Christ. The Franciscan charism prevails in the world today as a living response to God’s transforming love which is expressed in a ministry of loving service and solidarity with the poor and marginalised – re-enacting Francis’ radical conversion when he embraced the leper. The Third Order Regular, inspired by Vatican II which called for a return to the charism of religious founders, returned to its roots with the revised Rule of 1982 based on the writings of Francis and Clare and grounded in Sacred Scripture. The Rule’s vision corresponds with the 1996 document Vita Consecrata on consecrated life and its mission to be prophetic witnesses to Christ today. / Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology / M. Th. (Christian Spirituality)

This thesis examines the intricacies of women's vowed life in the High Middle Ages with regard to key aspects of contemporary religiosity. Vowed women are studied in their connection and interaction with the male world of authorities and spiritual guides. The diachronic approach is employed with a focus on the ideals and spirituality of three different types of vowed women's groups; traditional monastic groups living according to the Benedictine rule, namely Benedictines and Cistercians, Mendicant groups, which include Poor Clares, Dominicans and tertiaries of both orders, and finally groups of non-conformist vowed women, including beguines, anchoresses and recluses. This thesis serves as a probe into the proclaimed ideals of these groups in the view of male authorities, and points out the tendencies in the spirituality of specific vowed women. The principal method is the analysis of several types of sources with the categories of analysis being three key aspects of the religious life of the society of the High Middle Ages, namely the relationship to asceticism, the relationship to Christ and the Eucharist, and the Marian devotion. The introductory chapter presents the preconditions for constructing the role and position of the female gender in medieval society and subsequently discusses the origin...