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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture I just saw *Of Gods and Men* (*Des hommes et des dieux*), the 2010 film about the Trappist monks from Tibhirine in the Atlas Mountains in Algeria who were kidnapped and killed in 1996. Apart from finding it exceptionally beautiful, if I were teaching medieval monasticism I would love to show extracts to illustrate traditional Cistercian life transposed *mutatis mutandis *to a modern setting (liturgy, silence, *lectio divina*, architecture and decoration, capitular government, agriculture, relationship to villagers, monastic economy, urbanisation, colonisation, medicine, etc; one could contrast relations with Islam). For many reasons I recommend it highly. -- Paul -- Paul Chandler, O.Carm. Holy Spirit Seminary | PO Box 18 (487 Earnshaw Road) | Banyo Qld 4014 | Australia office: (07) 3246 9888 | home: (07) 3246 9894 [log in to unmask] ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html