IMC 2011: Sessions

Session 811: Carmelite Poverty and Richness, II

Tuesday 12 July 2011, 16.30-18.00

Sponsor:	British Province of Carmelites / Institutum Carmelitanum, Roma / Carmelite Institute of Britain & Ireland
Organiser:	Johan Bergström-Allen, Carmelite Institute of Britain & Ireland, Dublin / Université de Lausanne / Saint Albert's Press
Moderator/Chair:	Antony Lester, Saint Albert's Press / British Province of Carmelites, York
Paper 811-a	Richard Maidstone, O. Carm., and the Debate on Mendicant Poverty in Medieval England (Language: English) Valerie Edden, Institute for Textual Scholarship & Electronic Editing, University of Birmingham / Carmelite Institute of Britain & Ireland Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Economics - General, Religious Life
Paper 811-b	The Carmelite Style of Mendicant Poverty (Language: English) Patrick Mullins, Department of Theology, Milltown Institute, Dublin / Carmelite Institute of Britain & Ireland, Dublin Index terms: Economics - General, Religious Life
Paper 811-c	John Baconthorpe, O. Carm. (c.1290-1348) on Soul, Body, and Extension (Language: English) Simon F. Nolan, Department of Philosophy, National University of Ireland, Maynooth / Order of Carmelites Index terms: Philosophy, Religious Life
Abstract	As one of the mendicant (begging) orders of friars, notions of poverty and richness were central to the identity and way of life of the Carmelite Order in the Middle Ages. Influenced by - but distinct from - the poverty of the Franciscans, the Carmelites sought to hold property in common, and use it in support of their various apostolates across medival Europe. These papers will explore how the Order grappled with the problems and opportunities offered by money, and how both 'poverty' and 'richness' were used as powerful metaphors in religious life.