Hesychasm, the Jesus Prayer and the contemporary spiritual revival of Mount Athos

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2017-08-28

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The thesis explores the causes of the contemporary monastic revival of Mount Athos. Besides the charismatic fathers and the material improvement, the key for the current renewal is in the import of the practices of hesychasm and the Jesus Prayer from the hermitages to the big monasteries.

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Faculteit der Filosofie, Theologie en Religiewetenschappen

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