Orden de predicadores, 800 años: Tomo IV. La vida conventual y misionera, siglos XIII-XIX

Abstract

At first glance one might think that a work like the present, dedicated to the conventual and missionary life of the Order of Preachers, should not arouse much interest in a public of contemporary readers, supposedly interested in more secular matters. However, the truth is that the study of these issues is essential to understand, among other issues, in what ways the Dominican community - among many others - has been shaping some forms of organization and sociability that, without a doubt, have exceeded the limits of their houses and convents and greatly influenced our societies. It would be worth thinking, for example, to what extent our current notions of home management or our business decision-making mechanisms draw on traditions and forms of organization directly related to community religious life. Certainly, little has been studied in this regard, so the present volume seems like a magnificent reference to begin to address these issues. By taking up both the internal dynamics of the Dominican communities (convent life) and their dialogical vocation with other worlds, societies and communities (missionary life), the book invites the reader to ask what of all that is reconstructed, reviewed and described can shed light on our current ways of life.